Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Three spooky tales from three peerless storytellers, perfect for telling around the fire on a dark, windy night. Read of Flynn, who battled with three skeletons; of Tom, who saw something so weird in the moonlight that it changed his life for ever; and of the terrifying thirteen crows who brought death wherever they went... Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. A selection of newspaper articles about Fearless Flynn give children the opportunity to explore other ways of presenting information and other points of view. Text type: Three fantasy stories. Curriculum links: Music: Stars, hide your fires - Performing together. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

A hungry man and his wife baked a small bun. But as soon as they put it on their plate, the bun jumped up and ran off. This lively version of the traditional story of the gingerbread man is by Martin Waddell. Blue / Band 4 - A Text type - Fiction The focus phoneme in this book is al (small). Use the storymap on the final spread to discuss the route the small bun took and the characters he met.. Martin Waddell also wrote Red 2b The Mouse and the Monster; Yellow 3 Horse Up a Tree This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Follow one girl as she builds a rocket and plans to take her friends on an amazing trip to the Sun and Moon. But will the task prove more difficult than she first thought? Imaginatively illustrated by T.S Spookytooth, this clever and inventive poem was written by eleven-year-old Collins Big Cat 2011 Writing Competition winner Nicole Sharrocks. Ideas for Reading provide practical support and stimulating activities. Text type: A story with patterned and predictable language.