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Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 1.1 (sounds covered: g, o, u, l, f, b) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).

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Bug Clubï s Comics for Phonics are designed to support children with their reading practice and are packed with characters they will love. Finely leveled and 100% decodableComics with kid-cred to motivate even the most reluctant readerWell-structured with a clear pace and progression to get all children reading by 6Includes non-words for plenty of blending practice

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Interest ages: 5-7  Level: KS1   Subject: reading In this non-decodable, fiction Reading Corner book, Wallace has made a Snowman-o-tron to build snowmen. Gromit has made a wonderful snowman and tries to stop the machine from bumping into it. When he fails, Gromit stomps into the house, slamming the door. So much snow falls from the roof that it covers Wallace – Gromit has his new ‘snowman' and he wins the competition. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools  A Bug Club Reading Corner book designed for reading for pleasure Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence  Suitable for children aged 5-7 This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Reading Corner books are designed to help children to develop a love of reading through reading for pleasure.  For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club. 

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Rich, multi-layered stories and texts with cross-curricular links specially developed for guided reading by top-quality authors and illustrators. Every title has its own Teaching Version which provides page-by-page support to develop word recognition and language comprehension skills. Expertly levelled to Book Bands ensuring the right book is used at the right time for every child. Even more exciting titles with 3-D illustrated Fantastic Forest which doubles as a perfect APP resource.

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Mad Max the inventor has a special box. With his assistant he mixes all sorts of ingredients, revs up the engine - and creates his own twin! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red A Phonics phase: 3

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Fin is a bad lad. When he tries to rob a bank, his plans are foiled by policeman Stan, who swiftly locks him up. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink B Phonics phase: 2

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Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 3.2 (sounds covered: nk) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).

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Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 2.4 (sounds covered: oo) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).

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Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 1.1 (sounds covered: k, qu, x, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).

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Rigby Rocket offers a wide range of engaging stories and non-fiction texts. Written by much-loved children's authors, the books have been expertly levelled to ensure your children are able to read them independently.

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Two aliens go to a tip. Kat works hard while Dan plays around. Kat gets cross when there's no room for her in the rain shelter Dan has found! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink A Phonics phase: 2

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Interest ages: 4-7  Level: KS1   Subject: reading In this non-decodable, fiction Reading Corner book, Shaun the Sheep is looking after the farm while the farmer is ill in bed. He has lots of jobs to do so he asks the other sheep to help him. Unfortunately, the sheep's attempts to help Shaun end in disaster, and while he can put most things right, even Shaun cannot rescue the tractor from the pool. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools  A Bug Club Reading Corner book designed for reading for pleasure Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence  Suitable for children aged 4-7 This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Reading Corner books are designed to help children to develop a love of reading through reading for pleasure.    For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club. 

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Interest ages: 4-7 Level: KS1 Subject: reading In this non-decodable, fiction Reading Corner book, there is confusion down on the farm. The newly hatched chicks think Shaun the Sheep is their mum. Shaun is not happy, and neither is the hen. Then Shaun uses his wool to make a soft jumper for the hen. The chicks like it, and go to their mother, but poor Shaun is cold. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools A Bug Club Reading Corner book designed for reading for pleasure Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children aged 4-7 This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Reading Corner books are designed to help children to develop a love of reading through reading for pleasure. For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club.

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This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

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Part of the Rigby Star Family, Rigby Star Guided is the number one choice for Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 guided reading.

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Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. This non-fiction book, Yum!, explores where our favourite ingredients comes from and the different meals that you can make from them. Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.

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Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. From snakes to cockatoos, My Pet explores a wide a range of possible pets that children can have. Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Ram is trapped in a pit. Duck, Cat and Rat try to help - Ram is freed, but Rat is trapped instead! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink B Phonics phase: 2

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Interest ages: 5-7  Level: KS1   Subject: reading In this non-decodable, fiction Reading Corner book, Wallace and Gromit are playing football. Gromit is just too good in goal, so Wallace decides to try out his amazing new invention – the Soccamatic. The Soccamatic is too good now and Gromit can't save any of the goals. Gromit decides to try out a great big invention of his own and he becomes an unstoppable goalie! Wallace gives up on football and gets out his tennis things. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools  A Bug Club Reading Corner book designed for reading for pleasure Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence  Suitable for children aged 5-7 This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Reading Corner books are designed to help children to develop a love of reading through reading for pleasure.  For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club. 

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Interest ages: 4-7 Level: KS1 Subject: reading In this non-decodable, fiction Reading Corner book, there is mayhem at the farm! When Shaun the Sheep and his friends start messing around with the rubbish bin it is not long before the farmyard is covered in rubbish. Bitzer comes up with a scheme to clean it up, but things don't go according to plan. They make a terrible mess, so Shaun has to think of a new plan. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools A Bug Club Reading Corner book designed for reading for pleasure Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children aged 4-7 This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Reading Corner books are designed to help children to develop a love of reading through reading for pleasure. For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club.

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Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 1.1 (sounds covered: g, o, u, l, f, b) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Jess is picked to play football for the Bright Stars in their match against the Panthers while her brother Jack is left on the sub bench. However, when Jess is injured, Jack steps in and scores the winning goal! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Yellow - all levels Phonics phase: 4

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Mark is sick of turnips and Carla is sick of beetroots. After failing to sell their biggest turnip and beetroot at the market, they decide to swap. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red C Phonics phase: 4

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Stan can't catch Jack the robber. He needs to get fit and Vick will help him! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red A Phonics phase: 3

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Phonics Bug is a pretty special Phonics programme that gives children a firm, fun foundation in phonics. It uses research-based teaching methods so it's proven to work, and it joins 100% decodable books with CBeebies videos and an online reading world, so it's the ideal way to get today's little readers started on their journey to reading success. Phonics Bug books are ideal for use at home too, and are a great way to help your child take their first steps towards 'cracking the code' which will enable them to learn to read and spell.Helpful notes on the inside front cover of each book highlight tricky words and give you ideas for before and during reading, and the inside back covers include ideas for delving deeper after reading to check understanding.Phonics Bug Pack 1 is ideal for your encouraging your Foundation Stage early readers. It contains 4 Phase 2 fiction books – Tim's Din; Sid's Nits; Dig, Sid, Dig; and Kit's Kip –

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Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 3.1 (sounds covered: oa) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Dad is sleeping, but Tim is tapping a tin, until Dad shouts at him to stop. Dad and Tim take a nap, but then Sam starts tapping the tin... Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink A Phonics phase: 2

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Interest ages: 5-7  Level: KS1   Subject: reading In this non-decodable, fiction Reading Corner book, Wallace has invented another crazy machine. This time he has made a robot called the Autochef who can help to cook breakfast for him and Gromit. Gromit knows that the machines don't always work according to plan and so he's not surprised when the eggs fly out, the tea squirts out and the machine spins round and round going mad! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools  A Bug Club Reading Corner book designed for reading for pleasure Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence  Suitable for children aged 5-7 This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Reading Corner books are designed to help children to develop a love of reading through reading for pleasure.  For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club. 

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"Rigby Rocket" is designed to offer links from guided to independent reading. It is linked to guided reading objectives, allowing children to practise valuable skills following a guided reading session. The titles are levelled to "Book Bands for Guided Reading", and provide stories that children are able to read independently. Each title contains reading notes written specifically for parents/Learning Support Assistants. These focus on key reading skills and encourage discussion to improve children's comprehension. The "Pink Level" titles are aimed at children in Reception.

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"Rigby Rocket" is designed to offer links from guided to independent reading. It is linked to guided reading objectives, allowing children to practise valuable skills following a guided reading session. The titles are levelled to "Book Bands for Guided Reading", and provide stories that children are able to read independently. Each title contains reading notes written specifically for parents/Learning Support Assistants. These focus on key reading skills and encourage discussion to improve children's comprehension. The "Pink Level" titles are aimed at children in Reception.

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. This book looks at the things that Winter brings, including different weather conditions, sports and events. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red B Phonics phase: 3

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. This book looks at trucks, trams, trains and buses - where they go, what they carry and how fast they go. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red B Phonics phase: 3

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Find out which animals are quick and which are not! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red A Phonics phase: 3

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Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Sharon's pony Flash gets stuck in a trench. Sharon and her dad work together to help get him out of the trench and safely back in his shed. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Red B Phonics phase: 3

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This simple picture book with a familiar theme, looks at the different thigns that a family take on a picnic; the rug, the basket, the sandwiches, the cakes and the drinks. The scene is set for a perfect picnic, until the wasps arrive! Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language A labelled illustration on pages 14 and 15 gives children the chance to recount and discuss the story. This story is paired with an information book with a similar theme: Minibeasts by Siobhan Hardy. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

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Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 4 books are for children who are ready to start to read stories with simple single words or non-verbal sentences with 2 or 3 words, and with total support through illustrations and extensive use of repetition. Double spacing is used between words to ensure children see where each new word in a sentence begins and ends, and with the focus on reading core words.Shapes are all around us, and this simple non-fiction text explores the circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, stars and hexagons which can be found in familiar objects and animals. Pages 14-15 provide a summary of the shapes and where they can be found, to consolidate understanding of the book.

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Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 5 books are for children who are ready to read stories with more challenging word patterns or non-verbal sentences with 2 or 3 words, and with total support through illustrations and extensive use of repetition. Double spacing is used between words to ensure children see where each new word in a sentence begins and ends to ensure the focus remains on reading core words.Featuring a variety of cars, this photographically illustrated book cues children to identify different types of car by colour. Each left hand page shows the car in close-up while the text cues the colour, and the right hand page shows the car in action, driving along a road or tearing around a Grand Prix circuit. A final double page spread shows all of the colours clearly labelled to help children recap.

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Join the countdown as one boy describes the events in his life in the past month, from moving house a month ago to preparing for school and making friends today. Accompanied by snapshots of each event, this illustrated non-fiction recount is written by Monica Hughes. Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion. Children can re-cap the events of the book on pages 14–15. Text type: A simple non-fiction recount Curriculum links: Geography: Weather around the world. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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This book helps children identify different types of car by colour using simple, repetitive text which reinforces common colour words. Cars are shown both in close-up and in action in its surroundings, driving in the city, off the road or tearing around a Grand Prix circuit. Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A non-fiction report Pages 14 and 15 give children the opportunting to recap the information and discuss the text. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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How do different animals carry their babies? In this book readers will discover, through a series of photographs, that some animals carry their young by the teeth, some on their backs and others in a special pouch. Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that gives information through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how information books work. Text type - Non-Fiction Photographs of all the animal babies (and a human baby!) included in the book are repeated on pages 14 and 15 to encourage speaking and listening. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

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