Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Story of Heidi | - | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 2 | Great Fire Of London | - | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 3 | A Little Princess | 2005 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 4 | Stories of Dollies | 2006 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 5 | The Canterville Ghost | 2006 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 6 | Princess Polly and the Pony | 2007 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 7 | The Twelve Dancing Princesses | 2007 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 8 | Stories of Magic Ponies | 2007 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 9 | Stories of Dolls & Fairies | 2007 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 10 | The Story of Hannukah | 2007 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 11 | The Prince and the Pauper | 2008 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 12 | Canterbury Tales | 2008 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 13 | East of the Sun, West of the Moon | 2009 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 14 | Classic Stories for Little Children | 2009 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 15 | Whales and Dolphins | 2009 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 16 | The World Of Dinosaurs | 2011 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 17 | My First Fairyland Book | 2011 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 18 | Queen Elizabeth II | 2012 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 19 | The Nutcracker | 2012 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 20 | Queen Victoria | 2013 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 21 | Elizabeth I | 2014 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 22 | Penguins | 2015 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 23 | Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls | 2023 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 24 | Miss Molly’s School of Kindness | 2023 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 25 | Tales of Brave and Brilliant Animals | 2023 | Rob Lloyd Jones | Buy |
This collection brings together 25 children’s books connected to Susanna Davidson’s work at Usborne, many of which also involved Rob Lloyd Jones. The range spans from 2005 to 2023 and covers a broad mix of subjects that reflects the diversity of Usborne’s early reader and picture book output during that period.
Classic story retellings include A Little Princess, The Prince and the Pauper, Canterbury Tales, and East of the Sun, West of the Moon. Nature titles such as Whales and Dolphins and Penguins sit alongside history-focused books on Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, and Elizabeth I. Fairy tale collections like The Twelve Dancing Princesses and My First Fairyland Book give the range a strong folklore strand.
More recent additions from 2023, including Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls, Miss Molly’s School of Kindness, and Tales of Brave and Brilliant Animals, reflect updated priorities around representation and kindness in children’s publishing. The collection as a whole covers a lot of ground and is best understood as a record of collaborative Usborne output rather than a single authored series.