This is definitely NOT just another boring My First concept series. With a joke on every page and charming illustrations, this brand-new approach will ensure toddlers and parents giggle together as they find out just how funny learning the alphabet can be! Will the alligator go before the crocodile? Will the pirate queen ever finish her recycling?

With a joke on every page and charming illustrations, this brand-new approach to numbers will ensure that toddlers and parents will giggle as they find out just how funny counting from one to ten can be! Do the four funny foxes make it to the party? Will the six shaky sheep ever perfect their yoga poses?

Book Band: Gold (Ideal for ages 6+) A laugh-out-loud, zany tale about monsters, friendship and bath times, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. Gerald the monster HATES baths. Being all washed and clean? Yuck! So Gerald's mum hires Maggie, a professional monster washer, to help. Can Gerald learn to have fun at bath time? This hilarious story from Amy Sparkes is perfect for Key Stage 1 (KS1) children who are learning to read by themselves. It features colour illustrations by Jack Viant and lovable characters that children will easily relate to. _______________ Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com. 'Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader.' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher

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. The Biggest Pet allows children to apply their phonics learning from Year 1 , Spring 1, Week 2 of Essential Letters and Sounds.