Books by Sophie Giles

Book SynopsisMax loves to read about magic, but can he master it in real life?Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands used in most schools. Includes an illustrated story, focus phonic sounds and tough words to look out for and practise, and fun questions to develop comprehension. A teacher/parent note guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisWith a short story, poem or rhyme for every day of the year, this bumper bedtime collection is the perfect addition to your bedtime story tradition. Calendar illustrations show the date of each story, and your child will no doubt love skipping to their birthday to see what treat is in store for them that day! Packed with an array of illustrations, young readers will be dazzled and delighted by this special bedtime book.

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Book SynopsisWho will impress the fairy king and win the Golden Crown?Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Includes an illustrated story, focus phonic sounds and tough words to look out for and practise, and fun questions to develop comprehension. A teacher/parent note guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisBill sets off on an adventure, but where will he go?Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Includes an illustrated story, focus phonic sounds and tough words to look out for and practise, and fun questions to develop comprehension. A teacher/parent note guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisPickles wants to throw a surprise party, but can he manage it?Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Includes an illustrated story, focus phonic sounds and tough words to look out for and practise, and fun questions to develop comprehension. A teacher/parent note guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated selection of favourite nursery rhymes is ideal for sharing with little ones at story time, play time or any time!Familiar rhymes encourage language development, and with its hard-wearing chunky board pages, this a great gift for first libraries and to share with little ones from birth.

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Book SynopsisTwo short, simple stories featuring decodable text to give early readers a flying start! Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Each book includes two illustrated stories that focus on specific phonic sounds, and tricky words to look out for and practise. Included, are fun questions to encourage comprehension skills. A note for teacher/parent, guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisTwo short, simple stories featuring decodable text to give early readers a flying start! Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Each book includes two illustrated stories that focus on specific phonic sounds, and tricky words to look out for and practise. Included, are fun questions to encourage comprehension skills. A note for teacher/parent, guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisInspire your child''s love of reading and ignite their imagination with this collection of 12 short stories for young readers to enjoy independently or as part of story time. Each story is accompanied by charming black-and-white illustrations.

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Book SynopsisTwo short, simple stories featuring decodable text to give early readers a flying start! Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Each book includes two illustrated stories that focus on specific phonic sounds, and tricky words to look out for and practise. Included, are fun questions to encourage comprehension skills. A note for teacher/parent, guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisBuild confidence and engagement with this Rebus favourite fairy tale; through seeing and saying the picture words, children develop essential early pre-reading skills, and begin to understand and enjoy the reading process.

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Book SynopsisTwo short, simple stories featuring decodable text to give early readers a flying start! Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Each book includes two illustrated stories that focus on specific phonic sounds, and tricky words to look out for and practise. Included, are fun questions to encourage comprehension skills. A note for teacher/parent, guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisPacked with bold, colourful illustrations and touch-and-trace elements, this durable board book is an engaging introduction to the animals and their sounds for your child.The bright, fun images combined with the touch and trace features engage even the youngest learners, helping them to discover amazing animals and learn about the sounds they make. They''re great for developing word association, and boosting hand-eye co-ordination and motor skills which in turn help pencil skills later, building essential early learning skills in a way that suits them best.

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Book SynopsisThis colourful book is designed to help children discover and understand how to get on well in school, and to build good learning habits which will see them thrive and succeed. The principles shown will provide children with important life skills and an awareness that will guide them through childhood and throughout the rest of their livesIncludes wipe-clean reward chart and star stickers to encourage and reward learning.

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Book SynopsisKim has left Teddy behind. Can he find her again?Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Includes an illustrated story, focus phonic sounds and tough words to look out for and practise, and fun questions to develop comprehension. A teacher/parent note guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisInspire your child''s love of reading and ignite their imagination with this collection of 12 short stories for young readers to enjoy independently or as part of story time. Each story is accompanied by charming black-and-white illustrations.

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Book SynopsisInspire your child''s love of reading and ignite their imagination with this collection of 12 short stories for young readers to enjoy independently or as part of story time. Each story is accompanied by charming black-and-white illustrations.

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Book SynopsisBright, colourful illustrations captivate little learners as they listen to you read aloud favourite nursery rhymes, following along with the text and developing their own language skills. This sturdy board book, ideal for first libraries, toy boxes and pushchair outings will entertain your little one and provide essential early learning fun.

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Book SynopsisA collectable series of short stories for younger readers. Specially created to align with reading bands familiar in most schools, to encourage and boost reading skills and confidence. Each book features an illustrated story that focuses on specific phonic sounds, and highlights tricky words to look out for and practise. Fun questions encourage communication and comprehension skills. Notes for teachers and parents guide adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisThis First Words Sticker book has over 100 colourful stickers to find and 200 words to learn, and with colourful double-page illustrations introducing new words using familiar scenes from everyday life, learning Spanish vocabulary is fun and engaging for young learners.

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Book SynopsisA gentle story based on the popular nursery rhyme about three little kittens who lost their mittens. With simple text in large type, to encourage the reading confidence of young readers, each story is packed with bright, colourful illustrations to bring the story to life. Perfect for sharing together at story time, or for youngsters to embark on their own, independent, reading adventures.

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Book SynopsisTwo short, simple stories featuring decodable text to give early readers a flying start! Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Each book includes two illustrated stories that focus on specific phonic sounds, and tricky words to look out for and practise. Included, are fun questions to encourage comprehension skills. A note for teacher/parent, guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisMoral and cautionary tales of an eagle who repays a good deed, and of a mouse who learns that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Specially written and packed with colourful illustrations to engage the reader, this book has been specifically designed with large text in a simple font, to build reading confidence and ability.

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Book SynopsisA compilation of traditional prayers and graces for children, each delightfully illustrated and specially selected for use throughout the day. An ideal christening or dedication gift.

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Book SynopsisPacked with bold, colourful illustrations and touch-and-trace elements, this durable board book is an engaging introduction to the shapes and colours for your child.The bright, fun images combined with the touch and trace features engage even the youngest learners, helping them to discover and learn about shapes and colours. They''re also great for developing word association, and boosting hand-eye co-ordination and motor skills which in turn help pencil skills later, building essential early learning skills in a way that suits them best.

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Book SynopsisWho is the stranger that appears in Small Town? No one knows.Specially created to encourage children's reading skills and confidence, and aligned with reading bands familiar in most schools. Includes an illustrated story, focus phonic sounds and tough words to look out for and practise, and fun questions to develop comprehension. A teacher/parent note guides adults to help their children to enjoy and develop their reading.

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Book SynopsisGoldilocks is looking for things that are ''just right''. But the trouble is, they don''t belong to her! Develop your child''s reading skills with this delightful picture storybook series. Retold in the ''see and say'' rebus format popular with teachers, parents and children alike. Includes a picture-word guide inside the back cover for easy reference.

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Book SynopsisFrom the alphabet to zoo animals - and everything in between - My Great Big Book of Everything is an early learning encyclopedia specially created for toddlers and preschoolers. Packed with colourful illustrations of everyday objects, it includes key early learning concepts such as the alphabet, shapes and sizes, colours and counting, and over 650 first words. An excellent, engaging way to help develop toddlers'' vocabulary and early word recognition skills.

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Book SynopsisBright, colourful illustrations captivate little learners as they learn to recognise numbers and begin to count. This large format board book is ideal for first libraries, will entertain your little one and provide essential early learning fun.

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Book SynopsisBright, colourful illustrations captivate little learners as they learn to name colours and recognise colour words. This large format board book is ideal for first libraries, will entertain your little one and provide essential early learning fun.

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Book SynopsisBright, colourful illustrations captivate little learners as they learn to name shapes and recognise shape words. This large format board book is ideal for first libraries, will entertain your little one and provide essential early learning fun.

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Book SynopsisBright, colourful illustrations captivate little learners as they learn to recognise the names of their favourite animals. This padded board book, ideal for first libraries, toy boxes and pushchair outings will entertain your little one and provide essential early learning fun.

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Book SynopsisBright, colourful illustrations captivate little learners as they learn to recognise the names of their favourite animals. This sturdy board book, ideal for first libraries, toy boxes and pushchair outings will entertain your little one and provide essential early learning fun.

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Book SynopsisImagine being able to communicate with your baby and know what they want and need long before they can talk! With baby sign language, it''s easy to help babies and toddlers communicate, and these skills can help early speech and language development. First Steps Baby Signing helps teach your baby simple signs to help them understand their day. Learning to sign can ease frustration (for both of you!) and avoid toddler tantrums that can result when they don''t yet have the language skills, but are eager for you to understand them.

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Book SynopsisGoldilocks is looking for things that are ''just right'', and she thinks she''s found them but the trouble is, they don''t belong to her! With simple text in large type, to encourage the reading confidence of young readers, each story is packed with bright, colourful illustrations to bring the story to life. Perfect for sharing together at story time, or for youngsters to embark on their own, independent, reading adventures.

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Book SynopsisWhen a little old man grows a gigantic turnip, he is thrilled. But can he pull the enormous vegetable from the ground? With simple text in large type, to encourage the reading confidence of young readers, each story is packed with bright, colourful illustrations to bring the story to life. Perfect for sharing together at story time, or for youngsters to embark on their own, independent, reading adventures.

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