First Step series introduces includes books in a variety of formats in subjects like math, body,
life and emotion and creative thinking. Designed to teach basic reading and book decoding skills,
the titles in this series offers a broad education for first readers.
Featuring wonderful illustrations and easy-to-read text edited by Joy Cowley,
these are special books to develop foundational skills. 

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First Step - Maths

Looking for Spring
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-75-1
US softcover: 978-1-925186-24-6
US library bound: 978-1-925186-30-7 
Baby Bear goes looking for spring. Along the way he is helped by animal friends in the forest in groups from one to five.
Will they find spring?
Subject: counting one to five

The Three Bears
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-76
US softcover: 978-1-925186-25-3
US library bound: 978-1-925186-31-4
Join Little Bear, Bigger Bear and Biggest Bear as they go fishing, fetch carrots and get water to make delicious soup. Who gets to eat the biggest bowl of soup?
Subject: ratio and proportional relationship

Scissors and Needle
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-77-5
US softcover: 978-1-925186-26-0
US library bound: 978-1-925186-32-1
A clever witch gets creative with a pair of scissors and a magical needle and thread. Using cut-out shapes she creates everything she needs for a comfortable life.
Subject: shapes

Shopping Bag
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-79-9
US softcover: 978-1-925186-28-4
US library bound: 978-1-925186-34-5
Teddy fills his shopping bag one by one helping kids learn the numbers and how to count from one to ten. It uses numerals and number words with clear and practical demonstrations.
Subject: counting one to ten

Stamp, Stamp
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-78-2
US softcover: 978-1-925186-27-7
US library bound: 978-1-925186-33-8
Using illustrations that relate basic shapes to solid objects and everyday items, cute Teddy helps children step up their understanding of shapes in this first introduction to geometry.
Subject: geometry

What Is in the Box?
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-80-5
US softcover: 978-1-925186-29-1
US library bound: 978-1-925186-35-2
When Teddy empties his toy box he finds things in all the colours of the rainbow. Word repetition makes this an excellent book for first readers and for memorising the colours of the rainbow.
Subject: colours

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First Step - Creative Thinking

What Does the Bee See
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-81-2
US softcover: 978-1-925186-48-2
US library bound: 978-1-925186-36-9
A little bee encounters objects and guesses what they might be until the whole is revealed. Children will use their imagination and develop logical thinking skills by following the bee through the story.
Subject: Observation - connect parts to whole

There It Is!
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-82-9
US softcover: 978-1-925186-49-9
US library bound: 978-1-925186-37-6
On each page an object is hidden within
the picture. Children will develop logical thinking and reasoning skills by interacting with the story.
Subject: Observation - finding an object

Crayon Road
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-921790-83-6
US softcover: 978-1-925186-50-5
US library bound: 978-1-925186-38-3
Five crayon characters take children on a journey using lines to inspire their imaginations and desire to draw.
Children will develop creative thinking and their imaginations.
Subject: imagination - lines

One Little Bean
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925186-49-9
US softcover: 978-1-925186-52-9
US library bound: 978-1-925186-40-6
This beautifully illustrated storybook depicts the life cycle of a bean plant.
Children can learn the various stages and elements involved in the growth and reproduction of plants.
Subject: Observation – life cycle

Little Moon's Christmas
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925186-48-2
US softcover: 978-1-925186-51-2
US library bound: 978-1-925186-39-0
Little Moon wakes on Christmas Day and opens his presents. What could be inside? Children will use their imagination and develop logical thinking skills as they open presents with Little Moon.
Subject: Imagination -shapes

I Can't Sleep
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925186-50-5
US softcover: 978-1-925186-53-6
US library bound: 978-1-925186-41-3
A boy who has trouble falling asleep lets his imagination take him to different places where he tries to sleep. Wonderfully illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, children can let their imagination roam freely with this dream-like book.
Subject: Imagination- bedtime

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First Step - Life

At School
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925234-21-3
US softcover: 978-1-925248-61-6
US library bound: 978-1-925248-88-3
This cute picture book follows a child on her day at school. Let's see what she wants to do at school.
Subject: School

The Bathtub
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925234-20-6
US softcover: 978-1-925248-60-9
US library bound: 978-1-925248-87-6
Wildur's blue bathtub is too small for him to bathe in. But he can't give it up. Thanks to his parents, he can keep the bathtub and have a wonderful time with it.
Subject: Growing

Hello
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925234-22-0
US softcover: 978-1-925248-62-3
US library bound: 978-1-925248-89-0
The sun greets the butterfly. The butterfly greets the bee. Who is next?
Subject: Greetings

Up and Down
210x210mm / 32pp
UK softcover: 978-1-925234-23-7
US softcover: 978-1-925248-63-0
US library bound: 978-1-925248-90-6
This book will help children to have new
perspectives of their surrounding environment.
Let's look up and down at various places
in the community in a different way.
Subject: Surrounding environment

Up and Down

The Bathtub