Ebb and Flo: Short Cut and Brain Freeze

Small words, big feelings! Each book includes two stories, and each stand-alone tale features a hilarious and relatable friendship story, featuring Ebb (stubborn lover of rocks) and Flo (expert in helping Ebb out of scrapes). Written and illustrated by wife-and-husband team Laura and Philip Bunting; picture book creators who want to bring fun and laughter to reading as a family. Woven into these stories are decodable phonetic words, common tricky words and high-frequency words . . . and lots of adventure! Learn to read! Love to read!Short CutAfter a bad haircut, Ebb lets his hair grow long, long, long!Brain FreezeEbb eats his ice-cream in one big gulp. Oh no! Brain freeze!‘Ebb and Flo are the friends your child needs by their side on their learn-to-read journey!’ – award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley, author of Raising ReadersCarefully crafted to support literacy and deliciously funny to hook kids on books. Perfect for enjoying together as a read-aloud for pre-readers (ages 4+) and as a read-together for emerging readers and newly independent readers (ages 5 to 8). Relatable stories about the ups and downs of friendship, perfect for helping kids through the early years of school. A series the whole family will love, and enjoy reading again and again. Designed to complement school readers, ideal for home or the classroom.

• Publication date: 4 June 2026
• Page count: 96
• Dimensions: Height 198 mm; Width 130 mm; Thickness 9 mm
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN-13: 9780241796726