His books have won awards such as the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award & have been selected for the WHSmith’s Children’s Book of the Year & Tom Fletcher Book Club. Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free “ Stories Aloud” audio recording. ...

With 5 fun flaps to lift – who will be your favourite octopus? Will it be the Cuckoo-Clocktopus, the Scary Shocktopus or maybe even the Party Frocktopus? There’s an octopus for everyone in this fantastically colourful sequel to the hugely popular ELEPHANT WELLYPHANT. ...

Pull the tabs & lift the flaps – who will be your favourite octopus? Will it be the Cuckoo-Clocktopus, the Scary Shocktopus or maybe even the Party Frocktopus. There’s an octopus for everyone in this fantastically colourful sequel to the hugely popular ELEPHANT WELLYPHANT. Now in a handy board book edition that’s perfect for young children. ...

It’s a dog’s life in the big city… Come join one busy dog on her journey to find her place in the world, in this third sublimely illustrated book from the bestselling, award-winning Rob Biddulph. ...

Join Odo & his friends at Forest Camp in this exciting adventure, part of the preschool picture book series about the little owl with big ideas. ...

Drifters in search of work, George & Lennie have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back – & a dream that one day they’ll have land of their own. After a long journey they find work on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley. But Lennie is like a giant, powerful child. What will happen when he accidentally hurts someone? John Steinbeck’s most popular work, this is a timeless story of friendship, poverty & the struggles of the dispossessed. Supplied as a pack of six copies. reading-spine-year-9 reading-spine-ks 3 rbmember summer-18 sum-18 ...

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 3 Scholastic Set 6 Sound Focus: ar or ur ow oi ear air er Book Band: Red This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging, & are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK. The series

Includes:: a wide selection of diverse & inclusive stories, accompanied by bright, contemporary & humorous illustrations that will engage & inspire young readers with a ‘find the character’ feature on each spread. The artwork is detailed so as not to provide picture cues & prompting. Each book also contains parent’s notes & a ‘retell the story’ task to support children’s oracy, vocabulary & comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of books covering groups of sounds to allow for progression. The stories in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 6 & revise the sounds found in previous sets. There are thirteen sets in total, covering: Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d Phase 2 Set 2: g oC k ck e u r h b f l Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn) Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew (new), ie (shield), aw (claw) Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le (apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup) Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are (share), ear (bear), ere (there), au (author), aur (dinosaur), oor (floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a (father), a (water), a (want), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle), sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze), schwa at the end of words (actor) Phase 5 Set 13: eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (grey), ea (break), gn (gnaw), kn (knee), mb (thumb), ere (here), eer (deer), su (treasure), si (vision), dge (bridge), ge (large), y (crystal), ti (potion), ssi (mission), si (mansion), ci (delicious), augh (daughter), our (pour), oar (oar), ore (more) Have you got them all?

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JJ is ready for bed in this sing-along board book! With cute pics of JJ & his mum plus all the lyrics & actions from Yes Yes Bedtime Song, this is the perfect partner to Co Comelon’s popular video! ...

‘A fresh, lively story about friendship – Ade & Shanice are such real girls’ Jacqueline Wilson The major new middle-grade series from the authors of Slay in Your Lane is here! A universal story of friendship, falling out & unforgettable characters that will resonate with all readers of 9 & up. Ade is about to start at a new school. She is NOT happy with her stepdad for making them move here. Shanice has been at the school for a year already. Since her mum died, she’s been living with her dad & annoying older brother, spending most of her time outside school in her dad’s hair salon. When Ade & Shanice meet in the salon, & spot each other’s diaries, an instant friendship is formed, & they start to chat online… but offline is a whole other story! The Offline Diaries is a fresh, funny & contemporary story of friendship, told in the captivating voices of Ade & Shanice – two utterly unforgettable Year 8 girls who will seize the hearts & imaginations of readers everywhere. ...

Helen Thomas has just moved in with her dad’s family – who happen to be the ancient Greek gods, living incognito in London! Between keeping her family’s true identities secret, & dealing with school drama (i.e., boys), is Helen fated for an epic embarrassment? ...