Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Brave Tim agrees to look after Rosa's pets. He isn't afraid of vultures or wolfhounds, or even giant rabbits. But he isn't so sure about the gorilla, gargling in the kitchen! A comic story with a familiar setting, from Margaret Mahy. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type - Story with a familiar setting. The reader response page consists of a story map to encourage children to retell the story in their own words. Curriculum links - Citizenship: Animals and us; Music: Animal magic, exploring descriptive sounds. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics. Oh no, Farmer Jon has accidentally spilled all but one churn of milk! It's now up to Mark and Fee to get the milk churn to the shop through the thick fog. Will they manage it? Who might help them on their way?

It's Jack's first day at Glendale School. He's a star goalie, so why isn't he happy when he's asked to join the team? Themes of family and friendship are explored in this exciting tale of school football. Text type - A story with a familiar setting. The storyboard on pp 22-23 offers children the opportunity to recap and retell the story in their own words.