This HelMet English Reading Diploma is for 1-2 grade students.
When you have read ten (10) books, you get a diploma. You can select books from this list or select books that are interesting to you that are not found on this list. All the books you read can be used for the Reading Diploma. You can also ask a librarian for ideas.
You can also read audiobooks.
This series explores the lives of outstanding people who all began life as children with a dream.
Rabbit loves adventure stories, Hedgehog adores happy endings, and Mouse and Fox enjoy reading together. So when the friends discover a mysterious house full of books, it's a dream come true!
Wilf is as strong and independent as a wolf cub can be. He doesn't need help from his friends and family - whatever it is, he can do it all by himself.
The classic story is retold and beautifully illustrated! Open the door to a world of wonder and enter the secret garden...
Are all monsters what they seem?
A poignant book about new horizons and saying goodbye from best-loved creators: John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury. Miles is a difficult dog who loves to ride in his motor car.
It's up to you to decide how the story ends!
Captain Swashby loves the sea, his oldest friend. And he loves his life by the sea just as it is: salty and sandy and serene.One day, much to Swashby's chagrin, a young girl and her granny commandeer the empty house next door. All Swashby wants is for his new neighbors to GO AWAY and take their ruckus with them.
Tatu and Patu’s guide contains hard facts couched in hilarious form. Those wacky Oddville brothers Tatu and Patu do not leave a stone, a sauna, or even a Santa unturned in their quest to get to the bottom of Finland, its history, its wild natural landscape, or even its quirky inhabitants.
Starbird's songs weave the richest dreams and delight all who hear him, but when the Moon King traps him in a cage, the colour and life in his voice begin to drip away. What follows is a story with the feel of a timeless myth, with the message that that captivity dims even the brightest star.
This hilarious book tells the story of a bear who's hat has gone. And he wants it back.
One small step for a mouse; one giant leap for aviation!
Children use their toothbrush each morning and evening, and get new ones every few months.That's billions of toothbrushes! What happens to them all when they're no longer needed?
What happens when the bear learns to play the piano?
When Llewellyn, a little rabbit who collects ordinary things in jars, meets a young girl named Evelyn, he joins with her to capture the extraordinary.
Feelings. We all have them, all the time. This book is about them.
The day that David moved to Fivehills, the first thing he noticed was the kites.
Grab your basket and your coat. Put on some walking shoes. Turn the page and begin: Which story will you choose?
Would you like to become a coder, a mathematician, or a scientist?
The Naughty Naughty Baddies are wickedly wicked, awfully awful and diabolically dreadful, and they have just come up with a mischievous plan to blast off to the moon and to stitch up the President.
Exciting stories and beautiful artwork.
Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your reading confidence.
An exciting series of for children who are just starting to learn to read.
Fun, colorful pictures and easy to read books.
Reading these Ladybird books is fun.
Three easy and fun stories in each book to learn reading.
Blue Bananas are exciting short stories for beginner readers that bridge the gap between picture books and fiction.
Red Bananas helps students progress from the first stages of fluent reading to the demands of a chapter book.
Early Readers are fun stories that help beginning readers go from picture books to chapter books.
Combining DK's four-level reading program with the ever-popular Marvel comics, these books will help kids learn how to read - and learn to love reading.
Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems.
Zoe lives at her uncle’s rescue zoo that takes care of lost and homeless animals. But Zoe also has a secret: she can understand what animals say and talk to them!
Sydney is a skunk and Taylor is a hedgehog, but no matter how odd the pairing may seem, their friendship comes naturally.
Easy-reading stories.
Sam loves making gnomes out of clay. When Sam's mum says the gnomes will have to go, he plans a send-off for his clay friends.
Batman Has a Plan was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading!
Level 1 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for new readers who are beginning to read simple stories.
Nell and Freddie go camping and have the best time ever! But the Beast of Bramble Woods wants to join in the fun...
Sir Lance-a-Little is the bravest, cleverest knight in all the whole kingdom of Notalot - or so he likes to think ...
Fiction and nonfiction titles from DK for early and emerging readers.
Miles Lewis loves science and sports. But when his teacher announces a class field trip to an ice skating rink to learn about physics, he isn't so excited.
These fairy books are divided to smaller book series. You can read any book from this series.
Meet the princess who loves breaking the rules and her Royal Unicorn, who happens to be a pig! A madcap and much-loved adventure series for 6-8 year olds, perfectly bridging the gap from picture books to chapter books.
The Weird family move in next door and Pinchton Primm is fascinated by them.
These beautifully illustrated stories introduce a host of lost and lonely puppies and kittens. These books are guaranteed to melt your heart!
Scaredy-Cat Sophie is afraid of everything! So when a balloonist comes to the town fair, Sophie is left behind while everyone else goes to watch him fly in his marvellous balloon.
Prepare to enter a whole world of cute! Pip Bird's laugh-out-loud, heart-warming stories celebrate the differences in us all.
Anna Liza likes to cheer up her mother's psychiatric patients.
Billy is an ordinary boy until one night he finds five mini monsters living in his sock drawer.
This is a brilliantly funny series of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books.
When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia becomes the Princess in Black!
Can Sophy and the other children manage to keep their rescued baby dragons and other mythical animals secret?
Kitty is a superhero-in-training with feline superpowers. She dreams of being like her superhero mum one day, but she's still got a lot to learn.
Jeanie’s Grandma is BAD. Not bad like a vampire or a gangster or anything, more like . . . up to no good. Sometimes she can be a bit embarrassing but most of the time she’s REALLY fun, especially when she gets Jeanie involved in her mischievous schemes.
On a faraway planet, cute alien animals need help! Luckily, Charlie and her robot friend, Random, are ready for any rescue adventure...
The library is Hetty’s very favourite place in school, and since falling out with her best friends Ali, Mei and Rocket she’s been spending even more time there. So she’s absolutely horrified when she learns that her head teacher is planning to close it down, claiming there aren’t enough funds to keep the library going.
Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day. He can't believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts. But is he brave enough to go into the lions' cage?
In this magical world animals can talk and play just like us. Read about their magical adventures.
Far out in the ocean live the Shell-Keeper mermaids. While the rest of the world sleeps, one little girl joins them for some magical mermaid adventures.
A Christmas tale from Switzerland about a brave little girl and a terrible mountain dragon...
Mirabelle's mum is a witch and her dad is a fairy and she LOVES getting up to magical mischief.
Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it.
Penny’s name is not actually Penny Dreadful. She just happens to be a magnet for disaster…
Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books!
Purdy the cat and Barker the dog live together in a sky-blue house on top of a hill.
Dog lost in space? Grown an extra head and don't know why? Pocket money stolen by a green blob? You need the Space Detectives!
Winnie the Witch lives in a black house. She has black chairs and black stairs, black floors and black doors. Winnie’s cat Wilbur is black, too. And that is how the trouble begins!
Marshmallow Marmaduke Vanilla-Bean Sugar-Pie Fluffington-Fitz-Noodle is a big, fluffy (and grumpy) cat.
Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, that's exactly what he does!
Discover mermaid tales from around the world!
Poems about mindfulness.
A beautiful anthology for animal lovers of ten folk tales.
Poems about everything from science, sports, and space, to friendship, family, and feelings.
Perfect for storytime, this collection of ten traditional and much-loved stories includes The Princess and the Pea, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood.
From the fantastic duo behind Poems Aloud comes twenty five original poems designed to be read aloud to project confidence, conjure happiness, make you laugh or cheer others up.
The Enormous Crocodile is a horrid greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little boys and girls. But the other animals have had enough of his cunning tricks, so they scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!
This book is filled with revolting rhymes!
Easy-reading fairy tales.
A wonderful rhyme book full of action and noise!
Anything can happen in Moominvalley!
There was once a man who believed he owned everything and set out to survey what was his.
A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons.
This selection of poetry features Christopher Robin and his dear friend, Pooh, with beautiful decorations from Winnie-the-Pooh artist E.H.Shepard, making it the perfect book for those who would like to be six for ever and ever.
This book has African fairy tales, for example one story tells how elephants got their trunks.
Green Tights is a playful rhyme and word-gymnastics book for young and older schoolchildren and all wordniks who take an interest in English. The colourful illustrations contain terms in both English and Finnish.
Meet the Little Prince, a young fellow who hails from a tiny, distant planet. He loves to watch sunsets and look after his flower, to ask questions and to laugh. And now here he is on Earth, appearing out of nowhere in the middle of the desert, looking for a friend.
Classic stories brought to life by Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo and Zog.
This is a dinosaur book with a difference!
Why does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a cow? What happens when you send a text?
Looking after cats, dogs, rabbits or gerbils is fun. But what do they need?
These richly illustrated books are perfect for broadening knowledge of an essential subject, away from the classroom.
Easy-reading nonfiction books.
Go on a journey of discovery!
When did the first humans live? How did humans spread all over the world? What will happen to humans in the future?
Discover why we must protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.The Great Barrier Reef is a wonderland of colour beneath the waves. The largest coral reef in the world, it is home to a quarter of all ocean life.
How many rivets and bolts hold the wings of a Boeing 777 plane together? Why does an astronaut's space suit have a layer of liquid-cooled underwear? Who puts the jam in doughnuts?Find out the answers to these questions and much, much more in Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections of Everything.
You can read about woodland creatures, dinosaurs or seashore.
Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Blast off!
Nonfiction books about various topics.
Take a trip to history!
All the big questions children are asking about viruses (and adults are struggling to answer) are covered in this much-needed addition to the ever-popular First Questions & Answers series.
Lift the flaps in these books to find out all about various topics!
Travel around the world by yacht, tram, train, jetpack, camel...
What do animals do on a tropical island or in a desert? This book introduces animals from 14 different habitats from a jungle to a coral reef.
The story of the world from the Big Bang until now!
From the first living cells to fearsome dinosaurs and giant mammals, take a journey through prehistory to find out about the supersized, the scary, and the downright bizarre animals and plants that inhabited Earth in ancient times.
Many animals migrate to other places each year. Find out more about them.
Discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
"Just how slow does a snail go? Are bugs afraid of the dark?" Find the answers to these questions and even more from this book.
Learn how to navigate different emotions with the help from Doctor Diplo!
The complete Pippi Longstocking comics.
Written by scientist and environmental activist Trang Nguyen, Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear is an inspirational graphic-novel adventure, based on a true story about a young conservationist who overcomes the odds to save a sun bear.
Agent Moose, the best (worst) secret agent in the Big Forest, and his slightly-more-intelligent sidekick Owlfred are on the case in this new full colour graphic novel series.
Jack and Annie Smith are sent on adventures and missions through a magical tree house.
Ladies and gentlebugs, presenting the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice, the one, the only - Sir Ladybug! With his herd, Pell, and his trusty squire, Sterling, he never shies away from a guest, no matter how dangerous.
Poppy is not only a pup... she’s also a puptective!