Books by Jan Burchett

Book SynopsisJosh is about to star t at Hookwell''s School. But there is something odd about it ... for starters it looks like a ship - and there is a moat! It''s a school for the children of PIRATES! But Josh''s mum is a pilot, not a pirate! To begin with, Josh thinks pretending to be a pirate is fun! But it''s harder than it looks. Will his shipmates discover he''s not a proper pirate? And one more thing ... look out for the school shark! Hookwell''s School for Proper Pirates 1 is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Astro books for Stars/Turquoise band are also highly-decodable so ideal for extra phonics practice. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Meet Scrap! He is on a mission to reduce rubbish. Learn how recycling, upcycling and re-using rubbish can help the planet. See how we can take inspiration from nature to transform our trash into treasure in this encouraging non-fiction book.

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Sam and her dad are walking Tim the dog in the park. But Tim is causing trouble

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Book SynopsisJoin footballer Ted as he transforms tasty ingredients into super snacks! Children will explore the health benefits of foods and be inspired to make their own snacks.Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a series of engaging and imaginative non-fiction books which encourage reading for pleasure and are also phonically decodable.

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Book SynopsisIn the animal world, not everything is as it seems What appears to be a snake turns out to be a butterfly, and what looks like a fish is actually a sneaky octopus! Readers will enjoy turning the pages to reveal the animals'' secret identities, all explained and illustrated with detailed photographs.Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a compelling non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The series includes 36 titles which are all phonically decodable, with some high-interest topic words to develop vocabulary and impart knowledge. The imaginative approach and variety of intriguing topics mean there are books to interest every child. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.

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Book SynopsisJosh Cutler loves being at Hookwell''s School. But there''s one BIG problem. If the head teacher finds out Josh isn''t really a pirate, he will be expelled! The school is having a pirate gymnastics competition! What could go wrong?! But when Captain Squint throws down a challenge, things do go very wrong... and fast! Can Josh and his friends come up with a cunning plan to stop Hookwell''s School from being taken over? Shiver me shipwrecks, let''s hope so!Hookwell''s School for Proper Pirates 4 is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Astro books for Earth/White band are also highly-decodable so ideal for extra phonics practice. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book

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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. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 35.It all began when Abigail and her brother Lee were at the pond Abigail tells Lee a spooky tale about the Creep in the Deep, a monster that lives deep in the pond reeds. She finishes the tale when, much to the children''s surprise, something emerges from the pond looking exactly like the Creep! But it turns out to be something more familiar their pet dog.Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.The focus sounds in this book are: /sh/ /th/ /ng/ /ai/ /ee/, and adjacent consonants.Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Wash your hands and let your imagination take you on a magical adventure on a carpet of bubbles. Lift off into the night sky and enjoy the ride. After all, it''s never too much soap!

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds, enabling your children to read the stories independently. There are four Traditional Tales titles available at Level 4:Tom, Dad and Colin (based on A Man, A Boy and A Donkey)Hans in LuckThe Foolish FoxThree Rocks (based on Stone Soup).Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.Each Mixed Pack includes one of each of the Level 4 titles listed above. The Class Packs include six of each of the Level 4 titles listed above.

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Book SynopsisJosh Cutler is having such fun at Hookwell''s School. He''s made three good friends and he can finally tie a reef knot! But Josh has a problem. Hookwell''s School is just for the children of pirates, and Josh''s mum is a pilot! He will be expelled if the head teacher finds out ... But when Josh spots a sea monster, he thinks he can show Captain Hookwell that the monster is real, and that he is a proper pirate! But no pirate follows a sea monster into a cave, do they? Hookwell''s School for Proper Pirates 2 is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Astro books for Mercury/Purple band are also highly-decodable so ideal for extra phonics practice. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becomin

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Book SynopsisAn exciting spy series set in Tudor England, amid the intrigue and danger of Henry VIII''s royal court, from the bestselling authors of books in the Beast Quest series.When Jack Briars becomes an apprentice to King Henry VIII''s spy master, he is disappointed to be given the boring duties of a clerk. But the King''s enemies are everywhere. Soon Jack is facing more adventure and intrigue than he bargained for. If he wants to stay alive and in favour, he will need to learn the arts of stealth, disguise and deception - and fast!Trade ReviewOnce you have opened the first page, you can't let go until you have finished - GUARDIAN on The Lady Grace Mysteries: ExileI absolutely loved this. I read it so quickly that I went straight back to the beginning to start again when I had finished ... Can't wait for the next one. I will tell my friends and teacher about the book - LOVEREADING4KIDS on Sam Silver: Skeleton Island

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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.Viv has grown a radish but it is too big to pull up! Can anyone help her? This fun re-telling of The Enormous Turnip was written by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler.The sounds in this book are:/j/ /v/ /y/ /z/ /ch/ /sh/ /qu/ zzPages 14 and 15 contain an I Spy feature with a specific phoneme focus, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.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 the book will cover.

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Where''s Pepper? This family has been looking everywhere for their beloved cat but it''s getting late and they can''t find her! Can you spot her? Do you know where she could be hiding?

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Book SynopsisJosh Cutler is enjoying his first term at Hookwell''s School. It''s the top school for the children of pirates. But Josh has a problem. His mum isn''t a pirate - she''s a pilot! And Josh''s enemy, Erin, suspects something fishy is going on ... Not only that, but Hookwell''s School is running out of money, and is in danger of closing! Will Amber''s map lead Josh and his friends to treasure so they can keep the school open? Or will sly Captain Squint and his Grabbit pupils get there first? Skull Island, ahoy! Hookwell''s School for Proper Pirates 3 is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Astro books for Venus/Gold band are also highly-decodable so ideal for extra phonics practice. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in b

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Book SynopsisThe third and fourth instalments of this exciting spy series set in Tudor England, amid the intrigue and danger of Henry VIII's royal court, from the authors of books in the bestselling BEAST QUEST series.Trade Review... once you have opened the first page, you can't let go until you have finished. - GUARDIAN ONLINE on THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES: EXILEI absolutely loved this. I read it so quickly that I went straight back to the beginning to start again when I had finished . . . Can't wait for the next one. I will tell my friends and teacher about the book. - Lovereading4kids on SAM SILVER: SKELETON ISLAND

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Book SynopsisBuild your child's reading confidence at home with fully decodable phonics books matched to Letters and Sounds.Make instruments with tins, pans and pins in this non-fiction instruction book.Make instruments with tins, pans and pins in this non-fiction instruction book.Pink A/Band 1A offers emergent readers very simple, highly predictable texts and provides direct support through illustrations.The focus sounds in this book are: /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/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 the book will cover.

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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. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 35.Discover incredible facts about natural phenomena from amazing and unusual rainbows, to blue volcanic flow, to the Northern Lights, to crazy thunderstorms in this photographic non-fiction book by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler.Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ ay, a-e, ey /ee/ ie, ea /igh/ i-e, i /oa/ o, ow, o-e /oo/ ue, ou, u, oul /ar/ a /ow/ ou /or/ al, our /ur/ ear, or, ir /e/ ea /i/ y.Pages 30 and 31 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide pra

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.Ethelbert is off in search of a princess for Prince Wilbur to marry. With the help of his trusty guide, How To Marry a Princess', surely nothing can go wrong?White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.Pages 30 and 31 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

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Book SynopsisThis Read with Oxford Stage 3 story collection contains four traditional tales: The Lazy Fox; The Man, the Boy and the Donkey; Jack and the Beanstalk; and The Magic Paintbrush. This beautifully-illustrated book with clear phonics progression is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence.These well-loved traditional tales from around the world have been rewritten so that children can read them for themselves. They are expertly levelled and in line with children''s phonics learning at school. In additional to the stories, the collection offers tips for reading the stories together, extended story texts that parents can read aloud to their child and story maps that children can use to help retell the story in their own words.Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child''s reading confidence.Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun act

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Book SynopsisExplore the fantastic nature all around you in this fascinating collection of six non-fiction texts. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collection is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence.Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence.Trade ReviewWhat I feel this range does, is to combine reading for progress with reading for pleasure. [...] there is a brilliant mix of modern and traditional tales, well-known characters, super-heroes and non-fiction [...] there really is something for everyone. * bitsybookworms.com *[The Read with Oxford Stages] offer parents a way of pinpointing the most appropriate complimentary resources and activities to use at home as their children progress through the reading schemes. * booksfortopics.com *These books will support a childs reading journey at home with clear progression, step by step stages and online advice and resources. The books are designed to provide this progression and support in a fun way, rather than feeling like yet another chore to add to an already overburdened list. * cupoftoast.co.uk *

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Book SynopsisWhen Sid takes his camcorder out into the garden at night, he sees some unexpected shapes in the garden - until he comes across Nan, who sends him back to bed!

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Book SynopsisRapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progress

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Book SynopsisRapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progress

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Book SynopsisRapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progress

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Book SynopsisRapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progress

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Book SynopsisRapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progress

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Dreena and Scarlet are twins and when Dreena becomes ill and loses her hair, Scarlet decides to donate her hair so that people like Dreena can have nice wigs. A beautiful and touching story of friendship and empathy in the face of adversity.

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.Cinderella has got her prince, but what happens to the stepsisters after the ball?Lettice and Hilda are angry that they've been labelled as the villains of Cinderella''s story, so they decide to be the best villains they can. They open Baddies-for-Hire, an employment agency for the villains of Storyville. People will pay the sisters to send out their workers to do villainous work. But after a taste of their own medicine, the sisters have a change of heart. Will Cinderella accept that her stepsisters can really be good?Lime Plus/Band 11+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

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Book SynopsisThe Moon in the Pond is a Brer Rabbit tale from African-American traditional stories. Rabbit tells Bear and Fox that the moon has fallen in the pond. Will they be able to rescue it?This humorous story written by Chris Powling and beautifully illustrated by Jeannie Winston will capture your child''s imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together.The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds enabling your children to read the stories independently.Books

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Book SynopsisProject X CODE introduces a brand new adventure combining systematic synthetic phonics and richer reading, to accelerate the progress of your special needs and struggling readers. It stars the Project X characters, with a new addition to the team - Mini Marvel.

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Book SynopsisMeg is growing peppers but the snails keep eating them! Can Meg and Dan stop the attack of the snails?Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children''s imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children''s reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. This story is one of six titles at Oxford Level 3, which are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children''s vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.

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Book SynopsisThese fifteen lively and colourful books are ideal for early readers and help to broaden their vocabulary and give them confidence with sounds and words as they learn to read.

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Book SynopsisCat and Ant are on a day out at the beach with Nok. Nok thinks he sees a grey cloud, but what is it really? Find out in The Seagull.In Nok Gets Homesick, the micro-friends build Nok a new spaceship, but how far will he get?When Nok shows off his holo-chute, Tiger decides he''d like one of his own! Find out what happens in The Parachute.Max''s sister, Molly, has mistaken Nok for a toy in Molly''s New Toy! Can Max and Tiger get Nok back without being seen?Cat and Nok are having lunch at a restaurant in Nok''s Lunch. Nok is keen to try the delicious food, but there is an adventure in store for the micro-alien!Cat, Ant and Nok are exploring rock pools at the beach in Claws. Find out what happens when Ant''s watch goes wrong!Each book comes with notes on the inside front and back covers for teachers, TAs and parents/carers, which give question prompts and points for discussion, phonic practice words, challenge words, and additional activities that children can do.Trade ReviewProject X Alien Adventures provides an excellent addition to our reading provision. It is an outstanding resource because the children love the characters and they become completely absorbed in the story. The gadgets, creatures and strange worlds capture their imagination and interest. When children are so engaged, it makes their capacity to learn so much greater. * Martin Fenton, Headteacher - Greenhill Primary School, Wakefield *With the detailed inside cover notes - with steps for reading before, during and after the story - they help the Teaching Assistant with minimal support from the teacher. Also helps the parents with reading at home with their child. * Miss Stephanie Cairns, Assistant Headteacher - Harrowgate Hill Primary School, Darlington *The books and materials appeal to both boys and girls but they include content that particularly motivates boys to read which definitely supports the teacher in class. Alien Adventures engages children and we have seen them make sustained progress in their reading development. * Stephanie James, Year 1 Teacher - Churwell Primary School, Leeds *

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Book SynopsisCat and Ant are on a day out at the beach with Nok. Nok thinks he sees a grey cloud, but what is it really? Find out in The Seagull.In Nok Gets Homesick, the micro-friends build Nok a new spaceship, but how far will he get?When Nok shows off his holo-chute, Tiger decides he''d like one of his own! Find out what happens in The Parachute.Max''s sister, Molly, has mistaken Nok for a toy in Molly''s New Toy! Can Max and Tiger get Nok back without being seen?Cat and Nok are having lunch at a restaurant in Nok''s Lunch. Nok is keen to try the delicious food, but there is an adventure in store for the micro-alien!Cat, Ant and Nok are exploring rock pools at the beach in Claws. Find out what happens when Ant''s watch goes wrong!Each book comes with notes on the inside front and back covers for teachers, TAs and parents/carers, which give question prompts and points for discussion, phonic practice words, challenge words, and additional activities that children can do.Trade ReviewAll my friends like Dr Who so I know they will like this * Billy 6 *It's good really good * Hannah 6 *If you like alien books, you'll like this * Callum 6 *It's really, really, really awesome * Joey 5 *

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Book SynopsisThe micro-friends, and Nok, are on a school trip to the woods. They shrink for some micro-fun, and find a strange-looking object hidden in some leaves. Find out what they discover in An Amazing Find.The friends find themselves on board Nok''s lost spaceship, the Excelsa. Tiger presses a button and the ship takes off! Find out where it''s taking them in Blast Off!In Don''t Press the Buttons!, Nok shows the friends the ship''s fabricator. It makes them some cool, new spacesuits, but what else it can do The ship is flying through space when they see a huge rock. As they get closer, it starts to move! Find out what they have awoken in Worm Song.In Spacewalk the ship has flown close to a wormhole and has been damaged. Can Max and Tiger repair the ship before it''s swallowed by the wormhole?The Excelsa is swallowed by a junk cruncher. Can they find a way to escape before they are squashed flat by the metal pounders? Find out in The Junk Cruncher.Each book comes with notes on the inside frontTrade ReviewAll my friends like Dr Who so I know they will like this * Billy 6 *It's good really good * Hannah 6 *If you like alien books, you'll like this * Callum 6 *It's really, really, really awesome * Joey 5 *

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Book SynopsisRapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progres

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These decodable Black and White More Storybooks for Pink are for teachers to send home to help children practise reading stories they have been learning in school. Each book contains the same story as its corresponding colour More Storybook, but includes detailed and clear guidance for parents. The books are designed to go home with children once they have read the colour More Storybook three times in class. Reading a familiar text allows them to build confidence with reading at home. The books include parent-friendly notes to support the activities at the start and end of the books, including practise of the Speed Sounds, Green Words and Red Words before reading. There is also guidance for the questions at the end of the story to develop children's comprehension. The books are part of the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, developed by Ruth Miskin. The programme is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers. It includes Handbooks, Sounds Cards, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction, Writing books and an Online resource. Read Write Inc. is fully supported by comprehensive professional development from Ruth Miskin Training.

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