This child centred, simple route to reading for pre-school children has been tried and tested with great success over a number of years by the author, a psychology graduate and qualified teacher. The scheme, a distillation of sight reading and the currently favoured synthetic systematic phonics approach, encourages children to learn to read with Sam, a character they will find fun and very easy to identify with. This scheme allows children to create their own first reading book which is followed by a series of fifteen short stories gradually extending most frequently used words to include the 45 key words to reading advised by the National Literacy Strategy. With pictures to colour and space for drawing, there is plenty of scope for children to have fun making this book their own. With no punishing schedules to follow, this all inclusive activity book offers a very flexible approach, ensuring an enjoyable and satisfying reading adventure for both you and your child.

Just now Harriet envies the traffic lights outside Starboard Marine North West. Programmed. Devoid of anxiety, turmoil, indecision. Her life? One big hole! How did she manage to dig three men in so soon? She's fighting to get back to amber. But can she? In the face of serious revelations there's no safe place to be. How did she end up in Venice with Tricia? In serious trouble now. Both of them embroiled. Way out of depth. This story, spiked with humour and the third in the series, tells the next three weeks in Harriet's life. Passionate, painful, tense and intriguing; go with the trail of devastation and fury only Harriet could leave as she tries in desperation to cling to her dreams.

When writing is a first love, where does an author go in between books? For me blogging filled the gap. A chance to depart from the world of fiction to write about the everyday, just where my stories are rooted. I was tempted to stop! I was feeling far too much like Harriet! Inevitable disillusionment for those who know me! Insight to the source of inspiration for those who don't! It's life either side of The Big 40! No delete button! So here it is for posterity. In the nest. Watching the others A fledgling waiting for wings. Dreaming a flight of fancy!'

Fearing repercussions from the Venice affair, Mr. Sanderson insists Harriet and Tricia attend the school camp, only to suspend them from duty after causing mayhem. On her return, Harriet comes up with a great idea to help solve the parents' debt problems but refusing to heed all warnings, she finds herself up against the new pawnbroker and gets more than she bargains for, dragging Tricia in her wake. Still unable to get Mr. Sanderson out of her mind she struggles to stay on amber but to Mark's annoyance, her burning desire for him outstrips her reason. That can only mean one thing. Trouble

Harriet's life is going nowhere! Tired of trying to get her commitophobe partner to marry her, she finds herself falling for her boss, the gorgeous six foot blonde in charge of her school, only to discover she's not the only one! She soon learns he has fingers in other pies and dubious friends in high places. A Question of Answers is a contemporary novel sparking off the conflicts between the differing worlds of the haves and have nots. Live the highs and lows of Harriet's dilemma as she takes you on a passionate yet humorous journey in pursuit of her dreams. .

Harriet. Caught between the steady and the charismatic. Wavering. Two very different men. She's trouble. Can't stay out of it. Still digging away. In serious danger of collapsing the fragile corners of her triangular existence into one big hole. Can Mark really put his fear of marriage behind him? She's only looking for one answer. Unless of course 'that gorgeous hunk of a blonde' in charge of her school gets there first. Him? Unlikely. Different worlds. Too many questions. A weft of answers weave their way through the story. In and out. Criss-crossing the threads of rivalry, jealousy, anger, passion and desire. Ride all Harriet's emotions as she takes you on the rest of her journey. Then ask. 'Was she ever in control of her dreams?' Ne Obliviscaris is the sequel to Margaret's first novel A Question of Answers.