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Have a meal with some of your favorite dinosaurs!When a group of dinosaurs get hungry, they know exactly what to do! Children everywhere will love joining goofy Stego, Bronto, Raptor, Tri, and Rex as they go through the steps of preparing dinner—including a trip to the store, making the food, setting the table, and even encouraging each other to try healthy foods.With dinos, mealtime is the best part of the day!

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Little Explorers: Let's Go! is a first information series for curious youngsters from 3 to 6 years old about the familiar places we go. Let's explore the building site!With sturdy flaps to lift on every page, little ones can have hands-on fun finding out about what goes on at the building site. Young readers will enjoy opening doors, recognising each big machine and finding out what all the different people on the construction site do. Meet an excavator driver, a crane operator and a bricklayer, find out how a new house is built and what tools each worker needs to do their job.This book features over 30 sturdy flaps to lift, along with charming artwork that introduces new concepts and vocabulary in a simple and accessible way.Part of the bestselling LITTLE EXPLORERS lift-the-flap series, which has sold more than ONE MILLION copies worldwide.

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Little Explorers: Let's Go! is a first information series for curious youngsters from 3 to 6 years old about the familiar places we go. Let's explore the hospital!With sturdy flaps to lift on every page, little ones can have hands-on fun finding out about what goes on inside a hospital. Young readers will love opening doors, seeing what's in each room and finding out what all the different people in the hospital do. Meet a surgeon, a radiologist and a triage nurse, find out what happens when a baby is born and learn how therapy dogs help patients feel better.This book features over 30 sturdy flaps to lift, along with charming artwork that introduces new concepts and vocabulary in a simple and accessible way.Part of the bestselling LITTLE EXPLORERS lift-the-flap series, which has sold more than ONE MILLION copies worldwide.

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A family are looking at pictures of possible pets on the computer, but none of them seem quite right. What will be the best pet? The Best Pet is part of the Galaxy range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy offers a rich collection of highly decodable fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. Children will broaden their knowledge and widen vocabulary through a diverse range of books which are ideal for cross-curricular reading. 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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Miserable, old Stan lives on his own, just counting his money. And when his fairy godmother grants him three wishes, all he can think of is wishing for more wishes and greedily hoarding them. But the wishes escape, and Stan's world is about to get a whole lot brighter. This story celebrates friendship, however it may find you.Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.

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Best friends Adi and Gabi love to play with Adi's toy train. Round and round it goes – choo choo! Watching it loop around the track gives the girls an idea. These scientific thinkers use their computer coding knowledge to put the train to work!

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What’s a duck’s favourite snack? How do you make a cheese roll? Children will laugh out loud with this book packed with jokes and fun facts! Laugh Out Loud and Other Fun Facts 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: 5-6 years

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Nell leaves a party with a balloon and party bag. When she accidentally lets go of the balloon it floats away and gets stuck in a tree. Can the friendly gull help to get the balloon and party bag back? Pop! 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: 4-5 years

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Gabi's garden needs some help. Where to begin? Gabi and her best friend Adi use if/then statements to decide what to plant, what to water and what to pick! These scientific thinkers find ways every day to use computer coding concepts to make work and play more fun!

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I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Ira Aldridge tells the exciting story of the African-American actor, Ira Aldridge, who rose to fame on the London stage. Brilliantly imagined, readers aged 7+ will love this first-hand account of a child's experience of nineteenth-century London and the vibrant life of the theatre. Amazing black-and-white illustrations throughout bring the story to life! Perfect stories for children who are struggling with their reading

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In this fifth Rider Woofson adventure, there’s a new detective in town and he’s trying to steal Rider’s latest case!When there’s a trouble at the Museum of Feline Art, Rider and the PI Pack arrive to find a new detective already on the scene. Wolf Growler is a super sleuth with crime-solving chops and he is paw-sitive he has this case solved. Can Rider prove that this rival detective is all bark and no bite, or will one of the PI Pack members get collared from a crime they didn’t commit? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Rider Woofson chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

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A humorous and heart-warming story about a little elf called Steve and a little girl called May, who help each other find their way. Steve the Christmas elf is in the North Pole, busy making toys for the big day. But he suddenly wonders: what if the children he’s making toys for don’t exist? It’s not like he’s ever seen them ...Join Steve on a Christmas Eve adventure as he sneaks on board Santa’s sleigh, befriends a little girl who’s found herself on the naughty list and gets himself into a whole load of festive trouble.

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It's time to clean Adi's room! If only a computer could do it for her! That gives Adi and her best friend Gabi an idea - think like a coder! These scientific thinkers put on their computer coding caps and make cleaning up easy by sorting with variables!

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In this tenth Rider Woofson adventure, go back in time with Rider and the PI Pack as they relive their very first case!When Rider is interviewed by the Pawston Daily News, he shares the untold story of how the PI Pack first met. As he relives their very first case, Rider discovers that someone has stolen all the past evidence! Can the PI Pack find the lost clues before the truth is printed for the whole world to read? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Rider Woofson chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

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Computer coding in the kitchen? Yes! Best friends Gabi and Adi are baking a special birthday treat - and making a recipe is a lot like creating a function in a computer code.

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Roar is worried about his first day at school. He's worried that he'll have to do really hard things, like molt his scales and fly over a volcano. And what if his teacher doesn't like dragons?Big sister Sparkles reassures Roar That school is fun. And when the first day of school arrives, Roar finds his worries melt away.He meets new friends, plays dragon games, listens to fun stories, and finds a way to thank his sister for support.Sarah Beth Durst's imaginative story and Ben Whitehouse's freshillustrations come together to squelch first-day-of-school anxieties.

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Meet Fleet a cave-boy with a sabre-tooth kitten for a pet! Smiley may not be the biggest or the strongest pet, but Fleet knows that he's the best. Can they prove it by winning the Sports Day together? My Sabre-tooth Pet is a fun and lively story of prehistoric friendship. Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imagination and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. These 36 original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it's easy to match every child to the right book for them. They also contain inside cover notes, to enable parents and teachers to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

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When Lil invites Ben to her birthday party, Ben chooses the perfect gift - Rocket Girl. But Ben drops Rocket Girl on the way to the party. Will Rocket Girl be able to find her own way there? Find out in this action-packed wordless book. 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 1, which are wordless and provide engaging stories through illustration. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.

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