Help your child become a confident reader with this brilliant box set of 20 Bloomsbury Young Readers, featuring stories by amazing authors with colourful illustrations, short chapters and child-friendly layouts designed to help your child learn new skills and get excited about reading. There are tips at the front for parents and carers who are reading with children at the front and ideas for fun activities at the back to help children get the most out of each story.
The books are divided into 5 difficulty levels (book bands) so that you can chose the one that's just right for your child (Turquoise, Purple, Gold, White, Lime which is equivalent to Oxford levels 7-11).
This set of readers contains:
o A Tiger for Breakfast by Narinder Dhami, illustrated by Christopher Corr: Book Band: Turquoise
o Cavegirl by Abie Longstaff, illustrated by Shane Crampton: Book Band: Turquoise
o Hello, Baby Mo! by Emma Shevah, illustrated by Katie Saunders: Book Band: Turquoise
o The Good Little Wolf by A.H. Benjamin, illustrated by Sarah Aspinall: Book Band: Turquoise
o The Ugly Little Swan by James Riordan, illustrated by Brendan Kearney: Book Band: Turquoise
o Big Bad Biteasaurus by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by David Creighton-Pester: Book Band: Purple
o Jack and the Jungle by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly: Book Band: Purple
o Let's Play, Daddy Bear! by Dawn McNiff, illustrated by Andy Rowland: Book Band: Purple
o Manju's Magic Wishes by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Verónica Montoya: Book Band: Purple
o The Friendly Pirates by Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Erica Salcedo: Book Band: Purple
o Alice Goes to Hollywood by Karen Wallace, illustrated by Katy Halford: Book Band: Gold
o Elvis the Squirrel by Tony Bradman, illustrated by Ashley King: Book Band: Gold
o Eye Eye, Captain! By Jane Clarke, illustrated by Jennie Poh: Book Band: Gold
o Mighty Max by Carrie Weston, illustrated by Tim Bradford: Book Band: Gold
o Alfie Takes Action by Karen Wallace, illustrated by Ellie O'Shea: Book Band: White
o Happy Birthday, Sausage! by Michaela Morgan, illustrated by Felicity Sheldon: Book Band: White
o Tiger Troubles by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Hannah Marks: Book Band: White
o A Hundred and One Daffodils by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Denise Hughes: Book Band: Lime
o Halle had a Hammer by Richard O'Neill and Michelle Russell, illustrated by Elijah Vardo: Book Band: Lime
o I Am Not A Frog by Maggie Pearson, illustrated by Natalia Moore: Book Band: Lime
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Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com.
'Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader. Fun, stretching, just the right length, full of adventurous vocabulary and punctuation.' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher
PRAISE FOR BLOOMSBURY YOUNG READERS
My six-year-old [...] got her hands on Bloomsbury Young Readers and suddenly, her reading took off. These are proper stories that are a manageable step up from picture books, while keeping all the colour and fun.
