The Clogpots are not very bright. And when they end up in space, who knows where their adventure will take them? The Clogpots are so slow, they make snails look brainy! So when they try to fly a hot air balloon, it's not surprising that things soon go disastrously wrong. They have ended up in space, with no way to get home! Things may not be exactly what they seem, but will they be able to muddle their way out of trouble? Jets is a series of simple stories with lots of lively pictures, ideal for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading.

Harry is known as the party wrecker. When his own party comes along, he decides to make it the most exciting ever, but he is in for a nasty surprise.

To prepare for this life or death mission, Charlie teaches kids how to properly wear a toga, read gladiators' armor and weapons, and be a perfect Roman dinner guest

It's Pompeii, AD 79, and Vesuvius is about to erupt. The Department of Historical Accuracy needs a History Spy with nerves of steel to find out what the city was really like. Your mission is to find out what happened at a gladiator battle, what went on at the luxurious banquets, and why everyone in Pompeii was so smelly Finally, you will witness the eruption that buried the city for 2,000 years. Better listen to Charlie when he explains the basics of Latin, Roman numerals, and sandals.

A seasoned history spy, Charlie Cartwright teaches kids how to survive in WWII England--from learning to survive air raids by identifying enemy aircraft to blending in with the locals in speech and dress

It's Liverpool, 1940. The war is raging, and the Department of Historical Accuracy needs a brave and daring History Spy to uncover the truth. Your mission: disguise yourself as an evacuee, make spitfires out of saucepans, and learn to do the jitterbug. Find out how people spoke and what they ate, and become a champion at marbles

The pirate captain looks in his chest for his socks and vest, but instead he finds a map When the pirate captain stumbles across a treasure map all the crew are very pleased. All pirates like loot! Unless, that is, it's an old pirate boot.Will the captainand his crew succeed in finding the hidden treasure?"

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be an Anglo-Saxon? Find out how to do it in just a few stages. From fighting the Vikings and praying to gods, to making books from animal skin - all is revealed in this fun non-fiction guide by Scoular Anderson. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. An information book. Curriculum Links; History: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past: An Anglo Saxon Case Study This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A quirky insight into how to live like an Ancient Greek - in twenty-five easy stages. Sapphire/Band 16 books books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. Text type: An information book. Curriculum links: History: Who were the Ancient Greeks; How do we use Ancient Greek ideas today? This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

One of a series written for children who have just started reading, this story which aims to bridge the gap between picture books and longer novels, features Harry. He starred in Harry Moves House and Harry's Party, but this time he is Harry the Superhero and is in need of practice.

Part of a series for the child who is just beginning to enjoy reading or for reluctant older readers. In this story, Harry's excited about the prospect of helping his parents choose a new house. But when he finds out they don't want a penthouse with a swimming pool, he's not quite so keen.

Charlie makes such incredible faces that he can even fool people into thinking he's a dog. But will his elastic face be clever enough to foil the Clogpot brothers.

Harry has had a great idea for the school outing - Adventure Universe! But when he's not feeling well, Harry has to stay home. Is that the end of Harry's adventure? Harry is gearing himself up for the class trip to Adventure Universe - and gearing everyone else up too. They'd never have organised it without him, which is why it's so unfair when he gets sick! Still, it looks like things might still go Harry's way, thanks to his parents and a lot of imagination. Jets is a series of simple stories with lots of lively pictures, ideal for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading.

Poor old Mossop. All he wants to do is curl up and sleep. But when Farmer Rafferty finds mice in the corn bin, it looks as though Mossop will be thrown off the farm. He has just one chance -- he must catch twenty-six mice by sunset. Luckily Albertine the goose has a plan!

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Have you ever wanted to be a Tudor? Here’s how to do it – in just twenty easy stages. Find out all about the Tudor monarchs, homes, food and much more in this funny historical non-fiction book. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type – An information book. Reader/Response page with summary pictures to be used as a stimulus for further speaking, listening and writing opportunities. Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary, index and monarch information summary pages can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. This title is paired with an adventure story, Stowaway! set in Tudor times about a young boy who travels around the world with Sir Francis Drake. Curriculum links – History: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times? This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

So you want to be a pirate? This book shows you how in 10 easy stages, from wearing the right clothes right down to what to do with the treasure. And along the way, you’ll learn a barrelful of facts about famous pirates and pirate life through the ages. Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. Text type – An information book. A glossary and index on pages 22 and 23 can be used to navigate, and to check understanding. Curriculum links – Geography: Island home, Where in the world is Barnaby bear?; History: Why do we remember famous people? This non-fiction book is paired with a story on the same theme; Pirate Party, also by Scoular Anderson. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

An information book about the celebrated historical and fictional characters Cleopatra, Boudica, King Arthur, Robin Hood, the Pied Piper, Pocahontas, Blackbeard, Dracula and Tarzan. The book investigates which of them really existed, and which are based on legend. Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. Text type - An information book. An index and a glossary are included on pages 22 and 23 to aid comprehension. Curriculum links - History: Why do we remember great people? How do we know about great events? This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level If you want to be a Viking, this book tells you everything that you need to know from how to milk a cow, to how to choose a sword! This information book is carefully organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. Text type - An information book. The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further. Curriculum links - History: A Viking case study. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be a Roman? Here is everything you need to know - in 20 easy stages. From the battle ground to building roads - find out the REAL facts to Roman living in this humorous information book from Scoular Anderson. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type: An information book. A gallery of the things the Romans did that changed the way we live on pages 46-47 enables children to recap the main features left over from Roman times. Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. Curriculum links: History: Whay have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past - a Roman case study. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Have you ever wondered how things are created? Find out all about inventors and their amazing inventions in this non-fiction information book, written and illustrated by Scoular Anderson. Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters Text type: An information book. A timeline of all the inventors and their inventions on pages 14 and 15 help children to recap when different things were invented and provides a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. Additional retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. Curriculum links: Design and Technology: Winding up

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be a Victorian? From dirty streets and factories, to watching Punch and Judy shows and riding the stagecoach – find out the real facts of Victorian living in this humerous non-fiction guide. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Text type: An information book Curriculum links: History This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

It was Pirate Captain Codspawn’s birthday. But what was his birthday surprise? It wasn’t the beetles in the butter. It wasn’t the spiders in the sugar. And it wasn’t the special pirate pie that Cook had baked. But it was the best present a pirate could ever want! Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. Text type – A humorous story. Pages 22 and 23 feature a recipe for pirate pie, with ingredients that would test the stomachs of even the most bloodthirsty pirates. This is a great starting point for further discussion and activities outside the reading session. Curriculum links – Geography: Going to the Seaside, Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: How to be a Pirate, also by Scoular Anderson. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Here is everything you need to know about being a knight, from from being a young page to being knighted. This humorous non-fiction book explains all the tasks, training, outfits and privileges that came with the job. Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. Text type – An information book. There is a contents page (on page 1), listing the "10 easy stages", plus an illustrated glossary and index on pages 22 and 23. Curriculum links – History: Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Two magical books in one about the naughty, fun-loving little wizard. In 'Dragon Danger', a big, bad dragon is coming to attack Wizard Cottage, and only Odds-and-Ends, Freddy Frogpurse's little house dragon, stands between the angry fire-breather and all of Freddy's magic potions. How are they going to stop it? In 'Grasshopper Glue', Freddy Frogpurse receives a parcel in the post from Great uncle Sneezer. It contains a jar that says "Do Not Open". Surely it can't hurt to take one little peek...? Inside is a very angry girl wizard called Jakaranda, sent on a mission to rescue the Wand of Wikslug from the evil Wizard Beetleboot.

When a very important gentleman comes to visit, Freddy pretends he's Uncle Sneezer. Little does he know that he may have just talked himself into a lot of trouble. This is the second in a charming new series for younger readers about a naughty young wizard and his dragon, Odds-and-Ends.

The first in a charming new series of magical books for younger readers about Freddy Frogpurse, the fun-loving, Wizzbang Wizard. Freddy pointed his magic wand at the sofa. "Wizzbang-a-dust-up! Get-me-a-gust-up!" he said out loud. Freddy Frogpurse has come to his Great Uncle Sneezer's house to learn how to be a wizard. His house dragon, Odds and Ends, nags at him to practise more, but Freddy just wants to have fun - and eat Tingle Toast. Then an envelope arrives from the Inspector of Wizards. Freddy has his first test - and it's tomorrow!

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Where on Earth describes the journeys of significant explorers, revealing the lands they travelled to and what they found there. Grid maps and grid references offer children an opportunity to find out for themselves where each explorer sailed. Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language. Text type - An information book. A colourful world map on pages 30 and 31 shows the routes the explorers took, providing lots of opportunities for speaking and listening, and work outside the reading session. Curriculum links - Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? Passport to the World. Fabulous Creatures - Are they Real? is another non-fiction title by Scoular Anderson at this level. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.