It’s Halloween & one little boy is feeling VERY SPOOKY – WOOOOOOO! With all of his friends ready for trick-or-treat fun, & with brilliant costumes galore, this might just be the best Halloween ever! ...

When Kirsty falls out with her best friend, new girl Carly seems the perfect replacement. At first, Kirsty thinks she&8217;s great. But when she notices Carly copying her more & more, it&8217;s clear that things don&8217;t quite add up. Can she stop Carly from taking over her life? A taut novel about truth & friendship, written by leading author Mary Hooper. With a clear, easy-read layout & accessible text level, this book is ideal for reluctant, struggling & dyslexic readers. ...

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 4 Scholastic Set 8 Sound Focus: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Book Band: Blue 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 8 & 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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The world waits in hushed excitement for Santa to arrive in this festive rhyme, as seen through the eyes of two tiny mice! The tree is hung with baubles, the presents are wrapped, & a snack has been left out for Santa Claus. The little mice hang up their stockings & go to bed. But when their excitement keeps them awake, will they see something very special? From a leading poet & gifted illustrator, this cosy modern version of a classic poem is a perfect stocking filler. “A charming feel-good read with animated illustrations.” Junior “A delightfully written poem about two mischievous mice.” Nursery Education Plus winterwarmers christmas-nov 16 ...

Join Dr Doom & some spirited spooks in four rollicking rhyming stories! Will these naughty ghosts ever learn to behave? ...

One little girl, five hundred playful penguins – & a magical night-time adventure! It’s hard when you have to share everything with your baby brother. Tofta doesn’t want to at all. So when a sparkling bright iceberg drifts past her window, she decides that it’s her iceberg. She’s not going to share it with anyone! But then five hundred playful penguins turn up, & Tofta discovers that sharing can be great fun… A beautifully imaginative story from the award-winning author of Fleabag. ...

A shop that guarantees you the wildest, most fun, most exciting night’s sleep EVER – but what if things take a nightmarish turn…? ...

The next br&-new classic adventure caper from top-ten bestselling children’s author, Ben Miller. ...

Named after an Aztec king, Montezuma is emperor of the farmyard. Watch him grow from fiery kitten to grand tomcat – always a law unto himself! ...

This is the story of Jekub, the Dragon in the Hill with great big teeth & a great loud voice. (Well, that’s what the nomes think Jekub is. But they are only four inches tall.) The nomes have found a safe new home in the quarry. At least, it was safe. But now those stupid humans want to spoil it. The smart things for the nomes to do would be to run & hide. But they don’t feel like being smart. They feel like fighting! After all, everyone knows that nomes are faster & braver than humans. & now they have a dragon on their side… The second book in the hilarious Nomes trilogy Bestselling Discworld author Terry Pratchett died in 2015 He won the Carnegie Medal for his children’s books“ Witty, funny, wise & altogether delightful” – Locus ...