Claire Barker – författare

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 5 books have a word count of 4320 words with an expected reading rate of 90 word per minute.Each member of the Hero family has a superpower! Her dad is super fast. Her mum is super strong. But nature-loving Minnie Hero is perfectly ordinary thank-you-very-much. That is until her 10th birthday when a mysterious present arrives and everything changes …

The dreadful strangers moved in on a wild and windy Thursday.'Fudgenuts,' cursed Picklewitch, adjusting her cracked binoculars to get a better view of the comings-and-goings. 'This won't do at all. I bet they haven't even bought me any cake.'Picklewitch is, quite literally, out of her tree. She has a nose for naughtiness, a taste for trouble and a weakness for cake. And unluckily for brainbox Jack - winner of the 'Most Sensible Boy in School' for the third year running - she's about to choose him as her new best friend . . .

Picklewitch is, quite literally, out of her tree. She has a nose for naughtiness, a taste for trouble and a weakness for cake. And unluckily for brainbox Jack - winner of the 'Most Sensible Boy in School' for the third year running - she's about to choose him as her new best friend . . .

NOBODYtells ME what to do BECUZ.I DUZ what I LIKESand I LIKES what I DUZOH YES!Jack's new best friend Picklewitch is still causing marvellous mischief at St Immaculate's School for the Gifted.When she receives a letter from her cousin Archie Cuckoo, telling her he's coming to stay, Jack worries that she'll lose interest in him. But this new cousin turns out to be unexpectedly nice, and it's Picklewitch whose nose is put out of joint when Archie and Jack get along really well.But Archie is not all he seems, and soon both Picklewitch and Jack realise there are sinister plans afoot!

NOBODYtells ME what to do BECUZ.I DUZ what I LIKESand I LIKES what I DUZOH YES!Jack's new best friend Picklewitch is still causing marvellous mischief at St Immaculate's School for the Gifted.When she receives a letter from her cousin Archie Cuckoo, telling her he's coming to stay, Jack worries that she'll lose interest in him. But this new cousin turns out to be unexpectedly nice, and it's Picklewitch whose nose is put out of joint when Archie and Jack get along really well.But Archie is not all he seems, and soon both Picklewitch and Jack realise there are sinister plans afoot!

DR FIRENZE SHARPTOOTHcordially invitesST IMMACULATE'S SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTEDto Draconis Hallfor the Great Fossil HuntJack is very excited when he learns that this year's school trip is a visit to the seaside to hunt for fossils. And even better - there's going to be a prize for the best find, which is he desperate to win! Unfortunately, his best friend Picklewitch is not impressed, until she discovers the local Sea Wizard, whose secret lair is hiding the biggest treasure of all . . .

DR FIRENZE SHARPTOOTHcordially invitesST IMACULATE'S SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTEDto Draconis Hallfor the Great Fossil HuntJack is very excited when he learns that this year's school trip is a visit to the seaside to hunt for fossils. And even better - there's going to be a prize for the best find, which is he desperate to win! Unfortunately, his best friend Picklewitch is not impressed, until she discovers the local Sea Wizard, whose secret lair is hiding the biggest treasure of all . . .

Meet Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog haunting Starcross Hall and collect all his adventures!Winnie and Knitbone Pepper are thrilled when a vintage plane lands at Starcross Hall, bringing with it Martin the hamster's beloved ghostly owner. But this visitor is a human ghost, and that means only one thing - mischief! Packed with adventure, chuckles and woofs!

Meet Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog haunting Starcross Hall and collect all his adventures! Knitbone Pepper has made lots of new animal friends since becoming a ghost dog. But his beloved owner, Winnie, is missing him. Can the ghostly gang come up with a plan to help Winnie see Knitbone again? Packed with adventure, chuckles and woofs!

Meet Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog haunting Starcross Hall and collect all his adventures!Roll up! Roll up!The circus is coming to Starcross Hall, and Winnie and her ghostly animal friends can't wait. The magicians, acrobats and clowns are such fun! But Knitbone Pepper sniffs something beastly in the big top...Packed with adventure, chuckles and woofs!

Meet Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog haunting Starcross Hall and collect all his adventures! One starry night, Knitbone Pepper and his beloved owner, Winnie, find a ghost horse hiding in the garden. Her name is Moon, and she is searching for her long-lost owner. But Moon has a spooky secret, which is sure to spell TROUBLE.Packed with adventure, chuckles and woofs!

Wherever there's a patch of nature, children can find the Wild Wood, and wherever there is the Wild Wood, a little hedgewitch is needed! Hettie’s Nettle’s month-by-month guide opens the door on a hidden world—one that only children can see. Full of secrets, top tips, and funny, magical friends, this handbook is an essential guide for imaginative young guardians of nature. • Learn each month's secret Whisper Name (January's is The Dreaming—shh!)• Enjoy celebrity interviews with celebrities from the Wild Wood (such the Sun and Jack Frost)• Help organize the seasonal celebrations of the Wheel of the Year (the wedding of Jack-in-the-Green and the Queen of the May at Beltane is the event of the season!)• Have fun with the Spell of the Month (make a wish with a dandelion clock charm)• Enjoy seasonal tales from Flittermouse (Hettie's favourite is The Hare and the Moon!)Filled with watercolor illustrations from Hettie’s enchanted paintbox and details about the fascinating folk she meets in her daily life, this secret notebook will connect you with the magic that lives inside and around us every day.

Wherever there's a patch of nature, children can find the Wild Wood, and wherever there is the Wild Wood, a little hedgewitch is needed!Hettie’s Nettle’s month-by-month guide opens the door on a hidden world—one that only children can see. Full of secrets, top tips, and funny, magical friends, this handbook is an essential guide for imaginative young guardians of nature.• Learn each month's secret Whisper Name (January's is The Dreaming—shh!)• Enjoy celebrity interviews with celebrities from the Wild Wood (such the Sun and Jack Frost)• Help organize the seasonal celebrations of the Wheel of the Year (the wedding of Jack-in-the-Green and the Queen of the May at Beltane is the event of the season!)• Have fun with the Spell of the Month (make a wish with a dandelion clock charm)• Enjoy seasonal tales from Flittermouse (Hettie's favourite is The Hare and the Moon!)Filled with watercolor illustrations from Hettie’s enchanted paintbox and details about the fascinating folk she meets in her daily life, this secret notebook will connect you with the magic that lives inside and around us every day.

Vsyu svoyu zhizn'' pyos ZHivchik Pepper prozhil v pomest''e StarkrossKHoll, v kompanii samyh nenormal''nyh lyudej na svete: vse 904 goda, kotorye Peppery obitali v Starkrosse, oni tol''ko tem i zanimalis'', chto chudili, valyali duraka, bezumstvovali i huliganili.ZHivchik byl sovershenno besporodnym, no dlya ego hozyajki Vinni Pepper eto ne imelo ni malejshego znacheniya, ved'' on – eyo luchshij drug. I kazhdyj den'' ih zhizni stanovilsya chast''yu Samogo Zamechatel''nogo Priklyucheniya.No vremya shlo. I ZHivchik sostarilsya… Dumaete, na etom Priklyuchenie zakonchilos''? Vot i net! Prosto ono stalo nemnogo drugim…

ZHivchik Pepper neobychnyj pyos, on – prizrak! Tol''ko sovsem ne strashnyj, a, naoborot, ochen'' druzhelyubnyj i laskovyj. On zhivyot v pomest''e Starkross-Holl vmeste s drugimi privideniyami, svoej lyubimoj hozyajkoj Vinni i eyo chudakovatymi roditelyami.I vot kak-to raz semejstvo Pepperov reshaet priglasit'' v gosti… cirk. Vse v takom predvkushenii! No sredi vesyolyh fokusnikov, akrobatov i klounov ZHivchik uchuyal kogo-to bol''shogo i, kazhetsya, ochen'' groznogo…

ZHivchik Pepper – pyos-prizrak. Obitaet on, kak i polozheno prizrakam, v starom pomest''e vmeste so svoimi priyatelyami-privideniyami. A eshchyo v pomest''e zhivyot Vinni Pepper – samyj bol''shoj drug ZHivchika. Vmeste oni zdorovo provodyat vremya. Kto by somnevalsya – v kompanii neugomonnyh i chutochku sumasshedshih prividenij skuchno ne byvaet!Odnazhdy holodnym osennim vecherom vo dvore pomest''ya zagadochnym obrazom poyavilsya staryj derevyannyj furgon, v kotoryj byla vpryazhena velikolepnaya snezhno-belaya loshad''. Vrode by nichego udivitel''nogo, da vot tol''ko loshad'' eta okazalas''… tozhe prizrakom. Otkuda ona vzyalas'' i chto ej nado? Eto-to i predstoit vyyasnit'' druz''yam…