This silly interactive holiday story features a grumpy dog who is not ready for Christmas. Follow the directions to clap, sing, and find the doggy cookies to try to cheer up Cocoa in time for Christmas Eve in this funny board book.

Cocoa’s Cranky Christmas is perfect for

• Active toddlers and preschoolers who will love participating in the story
• Encouraging kids to embrace the Christmas season with joy and laughter
• Fans of Press Here, There’s a Monster in Your Book, and There’s an Elf in Your Book
• A stocking stuffer, Advent gift, or Christmas morning surprise
• Reading aloud, and laughing along, at story time and bedtime

In this silly, interactive Valentine's Day story, a grumpy dog makes a surprising discovery about friendship as he tries to outwit an ornery kitten who has stolen his only valentine. Toddlers and preschoolers will have a blast tracing, making choices, and dancing to help Cocoa coax the kitten to cooperate in this funny board book. With zany, minimalist art from illustrator Beth Hughes, and a good helping of silly antics, this delightful seasonal book will capture your littlest readers' imaginations and help them be a little less cranky and a little more loving this Valentine's Day. Cocoa's Cranky Valentine is perfect for 2 to 6-year-olds, who will love participating in the story exploring friendships with those who are different from you fans of Press Here, There's a Monster in Your Book, and There's a Dragon in Your Book dog lovers and cat lovers or anyone whose heart melts at animal friendships reading aloud, and laughing along, at story time and bedtime a fun Valentine's Day surprise to enjoy year after year If you enjoy Cocoa's Cranky Valentine, check out Cocoa's Cranky Christmas for the holidays.

Engaging fiction and non-fiction fully aligned to each week of Essential Letters and Sounds, allowing children to consolidate their phonic knowledge through reading in context. These fully decodable readers are 100% matched to the phonic progression of Essential Letters and Sounds. Essential Letters and Sounds is a systematic synthetic phonics programme validated by the Department for Education. These readers complement your existing decodable readers from Oxford University Press and can be used alongside them to support the teaching of Essential Letters and Sounds. Layla and the Blue Bird allows children to apply their phonics learning from Year 1 , Autumn 1, Week 5 of Essential Letters and Sounds.

To distinguish an L&D program that affects learner behavior, you must put results first. Doing so helps you show the value of your work as a learning consultant and demonstrate the value of L&D activities. In this issue of TD at Work, Chris Adams and Beth Hughes introduce the Results Come First framework. You will discover: how results should come first when engaging with clients the forces that may throw off the balance of your development initiative examples of how the framework works in action.