Classic Stories retold in a fresh, easy, modern style
Created by the writer of The Jungle Book

How did the Armadillo get look that way?

On the banks of the turbid Amazon, painted Jaguar is hungry. How can Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog and Slow-and-Solid Tortoise escape him? A strange new animal that Painted Jaguar does not know appears...

There are eight Just So Stories, re-told by Shoo Rayner, that are perfect for newly confident or reluctant readers. The language is chosen to make it easy to read alone while engaging the reader with high interest story content.

Clear text and fun illustrations on every page make these books the perfect choice for beginners, newly confident and reluctant readers. Best selling children's author, Shoo Rayner, has written over two hundred children's books, including many beginner reader series like this, and has illustrated over 100 books for other authors inluding Michel Rosen and Sir Michael Morpurgo.