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Get ready to do your best dad dancing and celebrate Father’s Day withthis joyful rhyming picture book. Children and adults swap places in this hilarious follow up to School for Dads. Full of fun and silliness, this is the perfect picture book gift for Father’s Day celebrating all kinds of different dads. With bouncy rhyming text, this story is great for reading aloud with children aged 3 years and up and perfect for encouraging them to join in the story. One morning, Anna cried, "Whoopee!Today's your special day!… She gave her dad a card and said,"Come on – it's time to play!" Poor Anna’s dad has to go to work on his birthday, so she decides to throw him a surprise party and teach him how to really have some fun. She invites her friends and all of their dads to join in the best birthday party of all time, full of games, cake, fancy-dress costumes and awkward dad dancing!Can her dad learn to embrace his inner child and have some fun?Collect them all!Find out what happens when children take their dads to school …Has your dad started getting a bit slack? Always late to pick you up, looking at his phone too much? Then you need to get him down to School for Dads right away! And you might learn that he’s a really brilliant dad after all …

Join George, a young and courageous explorer with the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, on a very festive quest – to find Father Christmas himself!A boy called George had a magical plan,One Christmas Eve, frosty and bright.As Santa brought presents to him every year,He''d take gifts to Santa that night …This time George is heading to the North Pole to deliver lots of presents to Santa for a change! But oh no – Santa and the elves are in trouble, and Rudolf has lost the light from his red nose! Can George step up and save Christmas?Ideal for fans of Father Christmas Needs a Wee, Aliens Love Panta Claus and The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas.Find more treats and daring feats in:Spaghetti with the YetiDoughnuts for a DragonPizza for PiratesTreats for a T. RexSocks for SantaMuffins for MummiesPraise for the series:''A completely engaging and entertaining world'' – The BookbagAdam Guillain is a performance storyteller and was the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Writer in Residence. Charlotte Guillain is a prolific author of children’s fiction, non-fiction and picture books, and together they have created the hugely successful George''s Amazing Adventures series.Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire and has been illustrating from a very young age. He loves illustrating children''s books and thinks there''s nothing better than seeing people laughing at a book he''s illustrated. His titles include The Spooky Spooky House which was the winner of the Red House Children''s Book Award 2013, and the New York Times Bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa.

Comes with a festive advent calendar gift so you can count down to Christmas along with the characters!Christmas is coming and the countdown has begun! Bear has made a Christmas game for his friends, with a present to find each day. There s a toy cow on wheels for Hedgehog and a candy cane for Raccoon but some of the other presents seem a bit strange. Beaver gets some straw and Toad gets some donkey ears! And what is Badger supposed to do with a tea towel?Why is Bear giving them all these presents? What is his big surprise? Join in the festive fun as the characters open their presents one by one to reveal a fun festive finale!

Eleven wonderfully fun and festive audio stories to entertain little ones over the Christmas season.Get in the Christmas spirit with this entertaining audio collection of funny festive stories! From a monster searching for the perfect gift, to a carol-singing unicorn and a baked-potato Santa, this fun-filled collection is ideal for listening to in the run up to Christmas, whether on the move or snuggled up at home!*Each story stands alone*Perfect for children aged 3+ to enjoy with friends and family*Favourite children's authors, including Michael Morpurgo, Rachel Bright and Matt Lucas*Including much-loved children's characters, Frog and Toad, Love Monster and My Naughty Little SisterPlaylist:Countdown to Christmas by Adam & Charlotte Guillain, read by Alan IrvingMerry Christmas, Baked Potato by Matt Lucas, read by Matt LucasMy Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas by Dorothy Edwards, read by Clementine MedforthMimi and the Mountain Dragon by Michael Morpurgo, read by Alan IrvingLove Monster and the Perfect Present by Rachel Bright, read by Sarah HadlandThe Twelve Green Days of Christmas by Barry Timms, read by Alan IrvingThe Three Wishes by Alan Snow, read by Alan IrvingThe Twelve Unicorns of Christmas by Timothy Knapman, read by Clementine MedforthSocks for Santa by Adam & Charlotte Guillain, read by Alan IrvingFrog and Toad - Christmas Eve by Arnold Lobel, read by Arnold LobelGrandpa Christmas by Michael Morpurgo, read by Clementine MedforthCopyright:Countdown to Christmas text (c) Adam and Charlotte Guillain 2019; Merry Christmas, Baked Potato text (c) Matt Lucas 2020; My Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas text (c) The Estate of Dorothy Edwards 1952, 2019; Mimi and the Mountain Dragon text (c) Michael Morpurgo 2014; Love Monster and the Perfect Present text (c) Rachel Bright 2013; The Twelve Green Days of Christmas text (c) Barry Timms 2021; The Three Wishes text (c) Alan Snow 2020; The Twelve Unicorns of Christmas text (c) Timothy Knapman 2019; Socks for Santa text (c) Adam and Charlotte Guillain 2015; Frog and Toad: Christmas Eve text (c) Arnold Lobel 1976; Grandpa Christmas text (c) Michael Morpurgo 2018

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.Project X Origins guided reading notes offer step-by-step teaching support for each book with guidance about phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing. Each set of notes has in-built assessment and is fully correlated to all UK curricula. This pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 5 reading books, 1 of each of: Hamster Rampage, Riding the Waves, Incredible Journeys, Trouble in the Rockies, Human Body Adventures.

In Sam's Supersonic Hamster, Sam is just an ordinary boy, but there is nothing ordinary about his hamster. He is a superhero! Can the hamster hero save the day when the fudge factory explodes?Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Count and spot the animals in this fun, rhyming picture book!From racing bears, to bouncing frogs and sailing goats, this counting and number bonds picture book encourages children to learn basic sums through play and interactivity.The perfect maths book for 4 year olds to 6 year olds. With playful characters to spot and bouncy rhyming text to support their early learning in a fun way.

It's time for count and seek - would you like to come and play?Let's count up all the dinosaurs and see who's here today!Count and spot the silly dinosaurs in this madcap, rhyming picture book. From T. rex magicians to dancing Diplodocus, this hilarious picture book encourages children to learn basic sums through play and interactivity.As well as basic counting and sums, this book introduces children to numbers bond and fact friends for the number 6.With playful characters to spot and bouncy rhyming text, this engaging picture book is perfect for sharing with a child to support their learning in a fun way.

If you could choose your own story, what story would you tell? Join in and read along in this funny picture book where YOU pick the story. With over 60 funny story options to choose what happens next on each page, this interactive book encourages children to join in with the reading experience and practise using storytelling language.With so many different story options to choose each time, these books can be read and enjoyed again and again and again!

If you could choose your own story, what story would you tell? Join in and read along in this funny picture book where YOU pick the story. With over 60 funny story options to choose what happens next on each page, this interactive book encourages children to join in with the reading experience and practise using storytelling language.With so many different story options to choose each time, these books can be read and enjoyed again and again and again!

Can YOU tell the best fairy tale ever? Pick a new story again and again in this interactive picture book!Join in and read along in this funny picture book where YOU choose the story?With over 60 magical and funny story options to choose from on every page, from noble princesses and big bad trolls, gingerbread house and glistening palaces, how many fairy tales can you tell and will everybody live happily ever after?With so many different story options to choose each time, these books can be enjoyed again and again and again!

Can YOU tell the best fairy tale ever? Pick a new story again and again in this interactive picture book!Join in and read along in this funny picture book where YOU choose the story?With over 60 magical and funny story options to choose from on every page, from noble princesses and big bad trolls, gingerbread house and glistening palaces, how many fairy tales can you tell and will everybody live happily ever after?With so many different story options to choose each time, these books can be enjoyed again and again and again!

Count and spot the animals in this fun, rhyming picture book!From racing bears, to bouncing frogs and sailing goats, this counting and number bonds picture book encourages children to learn basic sums through play and interactivity.The perfect maths book for 4 year olds to 6 year olds. With playful characters to spot and bouncy rhyming text to support their early learning in a fun way.

It's time for count and seek - would you like to come and play?Let's count up all the dinosaurs and see who's here today!Count and spot the silly dinosaurs in this madcap, rhyming picture book. From T. rex magicians to dancing Diplodocus, this hilarious picture book encourages children to learn basic sums through play and interactivity.As well as basic counting and sums, this book introduces children to numbers bond and fact friends for the number 6.With playful characters to spot and bouncy rhyming text, this engaging picture book is perfect for sharing with a child to support their learning in a fun way.

This folktale tells the story of a boy named Kim who lives near a village. He helps on his family farm. He gets eggs from the chickens. He gets milk from the goat. He sits under the tree for shade and collects fruit from it. But he never tells any of them thank you! After Kim rescues a tiger, it is ungrateful to Kim. The tiger wants to eat Kim! Will the other animals and the tree help him?

Omar goes with his family to a research station in Antarctica. Omar’s favourite sport is football. He hopes the new friends he meets there will like football too. But when he arrives, Peter is the only other child there, and football is hard to play in the snow! Will Omar find new interests with Peter in his snowy surroundings? Or is he bound for a boring and lonely trip?

Welcome back to Greenwicks Primary, Year 6! It's the final year before secondary school and lots of things are about to change for the new Year Sixes ... Next month is the inter-school gymnastics competition and Lexi has been asked to lead the team! But Lexi has other things on her mind ... And now all anyone talks about is the snooty new girl who has extra gym lessons, and her own gym equipment at home. It's not fair! Will things go Lexi's way at the competition, for once? Year 6 at Greenwicks: Lexi's Story is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Interest age: 9-10 Reading age: 7-8 years

Welcome back to Greenwicks Primary, Year 6! It's the final year before secondary school and lots of things are about to change for the new Year Sixes ... The first week back has barely started and Carter is already having a tough time. As if things couldn't get any worse, the new teacher has put him in a reading group with people he doesn't even know! Carter is angry and upset but can't find a way to express his feelings. Will Mr Ali's new singing group help Carter to find his voice? Year 6 at Greenwicks: Carter's Story is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Interest age: 8-9 Reading age: 7-8 years

Welcome back to Greenwicks Primary, Year 6! It's the final year before secondary school, and lots of things are about to change for the new Year Sixes ... Something's up with Femi. He won't join in with football, he hardly speaks to his friends anymore, and he keeps going to sit by himself at break-time. All Femi's friends have noticed it, but Femi won't tell them what's wrong. All Femi can think about is his new computer game, but is it just a distraction from what's really going on? Year 6 at Greenwicks: Femi's Story is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Interest age: 10-11 Reading age: 7-8 years

Welcome back to Greenwicks Primary, Year 6! It's the final year before secondary school, and lots of things are about to change for the new Year Sixes... The day of the Year 6 trip has finally arrived! But all the talk is about Sara going to a different secondary school. Sara feels miserable - she hadn't chosen to break the friendship group up! And as if things weren't daunting enough, she's selected as leader for her team's activities! Will Sara rise to the challenge? And can she lead her team to safety when it really counts? Year 6 at Greenwicks: Sara's Story is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Interest age: 10-11 Reading age: 8 -9 years

Zak and Zoe love the old theatre, but strange things happen there that no one can explain ... Can legends come alive? Can people vanish? Would you believe it if it happened to you?

Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 8-9 (Year 4) Book band: Grey B Phonics phase: n/a

 

What would YOU say to a dinosaur, who's never been to town before . . ."Would you like a banana?" Stegosaurus has come to Dino Town to visit his Granny! But from the moment he steps off the train, nothing goes quite to plan.What would you say to a dinosaur who's never been to town before? Can you help him find his way? Or will Stegosaurus wind up covered in pants, socks and cake in a bit of a muddle . . .With hilariously nonsensical questions and answers, unpredictable dino drama and plenty to spot on every page, this picture book is huge fun to read aloud and is sure to become a repeat-read family favourite.Written by bestselling, award-winning author auo Adam & Charlotte Guillain, with vibrant comic-style illustrations by Gareth Conway, illustrator of Greg the Sausage Roll.

Time is running out and Astronaut Grace and her trusty canine sidekick, Jojo, need to get to Planet Woof fast! But first they must navigate their way through an intergalactic funfair, avoid a collision with a bus full of aliens, and win a lightning-fast space race, all with a few extra passengers on board.With hilariously nonsensical questions and answers, unpredictable space drama and plenty to spot on every page, this picture book is huge fun to read aloud and is sure to become a family favourite.

The Planktown Pirates are back! This time they want to show off their musical talents in a local talent competition. However, they don't have much musical talent, and they don't realise that they are up against their arch enemies the Gruseome Crew, who are bound to cause trouble!Race Ahead with Reading is the perfect introduction to reading chapters with brand new page turning reads in five short bite size chapters, to encourage children to take the driving seat with their reading.