Books by Catherine Baker

Book SynopsisIn this book of poetry, children explore the four seasons; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, through a range of classic poetry techniques. Each poem provides opportunity for discussion of how the children experience that season through the different senses. All Year Long is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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Book SynopsisThis non-fiction book provides simple step-by-step instructions for creating three face painting designs for an octopus, dog and tiger. Which design will children try first? Painting Fun is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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Book SynopsisNeena is invited to Susie’s sleepover, where everyone has to perform a superstar act. Although nervous at first, Neena decides to give it a go, with disasterous results. Who will be the true superstar of the sleepover? Superstar Sleepover is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band.Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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Book SynopsisThe cakes at the Plain Cake Factory are so boring that no-one wants to buy them. The Fizzy Whizzy Sweets Factory makes crazy sweets that people are too scared to try. What happens when the pipes at the two factories get muddled up? The Big Cake Mix-up! is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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Book SynopsisThe king has an enormous garden with huge towers around it to keep the children out. But nothing will grow in the garden, so the king becomes very sad. Then one day, he sees a ladder and footprints in the frost, and everything begins to change! The Lemon Tree is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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Book SynopsisMark and Mum are looking for things to do, so they plan a big garden project and head to the scrap yard. They fill up the van with lots of strong scrap metal, but what will they make? The Scrap Yard is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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Book SynopsisRob takes his pet rock for a walk by the sea with his dad. He runs up a hill, but when he get to the top, the rock is gone! Will Rob be able to find it? Rob and Rock is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5 years

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Book SynopsisCome on an amazing adventure and learn about animal packs! Wolves, Yaks and Camels live in packs, in very different parts of the world. What other animals live in a pack? Animal Packs is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5 years

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 16 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.Discover how owls survive in the night in this photographic non-fiction book, written by Catherine Baker.Red B/ Band 2B offers emergent readers simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.The focus sounds in this book are: /er/ /oo/ /oo/ /ee/ /ai/ /ow/ /igh/ /ear/ /ar/ /or/Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging, and are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK.

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of a set of phonically decodable readingbooks perfect for very early readers. These expertly levellednon-fiction books are engaging and follow one of the most commonlyused validated SSPs in primary schools.

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Book SynopsisInspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child's perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them.With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child's journey into learning English.Can Tom find Ninja Panda?Includes:Before and after reading activitiesMini-dictionaryExam practice for Cambridge A1 MoversReading guide online

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Book SynopsisRapid Phonics is a literacy intervention which can be used with groups or individuals. Developed by Dr Marlynne Grant, Educational Psychologist, following extensive research, Rapid Phonics fiction and non-fiction titles are designed for pupils in Year 1 and above, who are having difficulties with phonics.

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Book SynopsisCatherine Baker is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Hull, UK.Trade ReviewThe Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s is a well-structured and balanced volume that provides the reader with a critically written “state of the debate” on what The Economist once called the “Yugomess”. Among its biggest strengths and novelties, if compared with other introductory accounts, is the author’s insistence on not only what has been written about particular events, but also how it has been written. * Dora Komnenovic, Justus Liebig University, Germany in Croatian Political Science Review *The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s is a well structured and balanced volume that provides the reader with a critically written ‘state of the debate’ on what The Economist once called the ‘Yugomess’. Among its biggest strengths and novelties, if compared with other introductory accounts, is the author’s insistence on not only what has been written about particular events, but also how it has been written. * Dora Komnenovic, Croatian Political Science Review, Vol. 53 (4) *Table of ContentsEditors' Preface 1. Introduction 2. Yugoslavia and its Origins 3. The Break-Up of the Yugoslav Federation 4. From Crisis to War in Slovenia and Croatia 5. The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 6. The Kosovo War and its Aftermath 7. Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and Reconstruction 8. The Past on Trial 9. Culture and Language During and After the Wars 10. Conclusion Timeline (1980-2000) Bibliography Index.

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Book SynopsisThis vibrant collection of essays reveals the intimate politics of how people with a wide range of relationships to war identify with, and against, the military and its gendered and racialised norms.

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Book SynopsisCollins International Primary English is a six-level, multi-component course for the international market which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students. This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

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