Sinbad thirsts for adventure. He is only truly happy on the high seas- even though he always sails into disaster. Wild storms, gigantic whales, an ugly troll, slithering snakes... he faces them all and survives. But is his luck about to run out'series One titles are for children who have just started reading on their own, and are 48 pages (1000-1500 words) in lenght. They use fairy short, simple sentence and everyday vocabularyTypically. Series One books contain several short stories or one longer story devided into chapters.Subjects include classic fables and fairytales, original contemporary fiction and quirky histories.Young Reading CD audio packs make the story come alive. Each CD contains two readings: first, a dramatic listen-along version, complete with specially composed music, sound effects and superbly characterised readings: then a more measured, read-along version-without sound effects but with a page-turn indicator-designed to be played as a child follows the story in the accompanying book.