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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 9 books have a word count of 5520 words with an expected reading rate of 115 words per minute.An army of trees is coming towards the Great City! As a city guard, Pie Fortune is the first to see them. He raises the alarm but no-one will help. It’s down to Pie to rally the bravest team he can find to defeat the wizard and protect the city!

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 8 books have a word count of 5280 words with an expected reading rate of 110 words per minute.When Archie offers to water his neighbour's plants, little does he know that intergalactic adventure awaits. What exactly is that green key for and can Archie help Keith save Namuria?

Little Wandle Code ensures effective reading intervention in early KS3. It is an all-in-one, fully resourced phonics intervention and assessment programme, accompanied by 10 age-appropriate fully decodable anthologies and 3 workbooks, to support students who are not meeting age-related expectations when they begin secondary school. The Space Race and Other Stories is the second anthology for the Complete the Code pathway. It is designed for students who may have gaps in their phonic knowledge which might be masked by coping strategies.The fully decodable anthology includes 4 texts for Units 4 and 5 in Complete the Code.The anthologies enable students to practise the code, broaden their vocabulary, develop comprehension, improve fluency, and motivate independent reading.Designed to look like the books their peers are reading, the anthologies include: A variety of content: fiction and non-fiction, featuring a wide range of text types, genres, and well-known authorsLevelled practice: stories with varied word counts, length and complexity to provide sufficient practice, flexibility and choiceAppealing visuals: a range of illustration and photographic styles to motivate and engage KS3 readers.The anthologies are fully integrated within the Code programme and are supported by teacher and text notes available from the Little Wandle Code subscription.

Little Wandle Code ensures effective reading intervention in early KS3. It is an all-in-one, fully resourced phonics intervention and assessment programme, accompanied by 10 age-appropriate fully decodable anthologies and 3 workbooks, to support students who are not meeting age-related expectations when they begin secondary school. Arctic Survival and Other Stories is the fifth anthology for the Complete the Code pathway. It is designed for students who may have gaps in their phonic knowledge which might be masked by coping strategies.The fully decodable anthology includes 4 texts for Units 10 and 11 in Complete the Code.The anthologies enable students to practise the code, broaden their vocabulary, develop comprehension, improve fluency, and motivate independent reading.Designed to look like the books their peers are reading, the anthologies include: A variety of content: fiction and non-fiction, featuring a wide range of text types, genres, and well-known authorsLevelled practice: stories with varied word counts, length and complexity to provide sufficient practice, flexibility and choiceAppealing visuals: a range of illustration and photographic styles to motivate and engage KS3 readers.The anthologies are fully integrated within the Code programme and are supported by teacher and text notes available from the Little Wandle Code subscription.

Kit is desperate to see his favourite band, The Sound Waves. However, when the lead singer's guitar goes missing, Pip and Kit must try to find it before the concert is cancelled!Using the world's largest known database of writing for and by children, our experts have defined 300 ambitious words to help children succeed at school. We've combined these with finelly levelled books that help you develop support comprehension and fluency, while inspiring and engaging your young readers.

There’s nothing funny about bums. Nothing funny at all!They come in all shapes and sizes, the big, the wobbly the small…... insists a teacher, reading from a book called The Book of Things That Are Definitely Not Funny. In this hilarious picture book, join a class of children as they attempt to keep a straight face while learning about bottoms. But after the teacher has described ants in pants, ninja farts and torpedoes in the bath everyone is rolling around laughing. What will the headteacher say?!A fabulously silly story with hilarious illustrations – children and their grown-ups will love reading and giggling along.

Ovid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill each other for so long that neither twin can remember which act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck first, trying to take each other's lives is simply what they do. Until one day a lawyer arrives at their house to take stock of its contents, and his accompanying son attracts their attention. Soon a new battle evolves - one in which the twins have to work together to solve the mystery of their parents' deaths. Can Lorelli and Ovid overcome their old animosities, and will they ever get to finish that game of chess?

A fearless, fun-filled fairytale – perfect for any little reader who loves a twist in the tale! Kingsley is the finest cat in the kingdom. How does he know? His crystal ball tells him so!But one day, the crystal ball has a different story to tell. A new cat by the name of Snowy White has arrived in the kingdom. She’s beautiful . . . she’s kind . . . and Kingsley is determined to get rid of her.Luckily, though, Snowy gets a helping hand – or seven – from some very special new friends! The third hilarious title in a fun-filled fairytale series with empowering messages for young readers! Perfect for fans of The Fairytale Hairdresser and The Lion Inside series.Look out for:Rabunzel and Cindergorilla

Project X CODE is an innovative reading intervention programme which combines systematic, synthetic phonics with the development of comprehension and vocabulary skills. Developed by a team of leading experts to accelerate struggling readers' progress, Project X CODE's stunning 3D design, characters and gripping book-by-book adventure stories are designed to maximize motivation and engagement.This fiction pack contains 1 copy of each of the 8 books at Oxford Levels 10 and 11 (Book Bands White and Lime): Return to Micro World, Storm in a Bubble, Claws Above the Clouds, Race to Reset, Into the Maze, Charge of the Mino-BITE, Ladders and Snakes and The Vault.

Project X CODE is an innovative reading intervention programme which combines systematic, synthetic phonics with the development of comprehension and vocabulary skills. Developed by a team of leading experts to accelerate struggling readers' progress, Project X CODE's stunning 3D design, characters and gripping book-by-book adventure stories are designed to maximize motivation and engagement. This fiction pack contains 3 copies of each of the 8 books at Oxford Levels 10 and 11 (Book Bands White and Lime): Return to Micro World, Storm in a Bubble, Claws Above the Clouds, Race to Reset, Into the Maze, Charge of the Mino-BITE, Ladders and Snakes and The Vault.

Project X CODE is a book-by-book series built for struggling readers aged 6 and above.Welcome to Micro World, invented by Macro Marvel - an amazing theme park where you have to shrink to get in! Disaster struck when CODE, the computer that controlled the park and the robots inside, went wrong and started shrinking everyone. A year later, with the park about to relaunch, things go wrong again! Team X must return to help Mini Marvel with another mission - to avoid the malfunctioning BITEs, reset the zones, and find the park's new engineer Ace!In this book, Max, Ant and Tiger take a ride on the fearsome Vulture-BITE.

A toothsome take on a much loved nursery rhyme – with an all-singing, all-dancing finale! Sing, roar and growl along with the animals, in this brilliantly bonkers twist on the classic Wheels on the Bus! The wheels on the bus go round and round …But who’s that getting on? OH, NO!It’s a LION! And a PANTHER! And a CROCODILE!This bus ride is about to get very wild – but is it really as scary as it seems?An irresistible combination of favourite animals, shout-aloud vehicle noises and a much loved storytime rhyme – with a light-touch message of friendship and acceptance. Perfect for fans of You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus and Never Tickle a Tiger.

A uniquely silly and rebellious twist on a favourite fairy tale – with a fabulously foiled cover! “Rabunzel, Rabunzel, let down your ears!…” Rabunzel has a teeny tufty tail, a twitchy nose and two wide brown eyes. She also has VERY long ears – so long that her mother worries they will make her easy bait for the hungry creatures of the forest.The answer? Rabunzel must be kept safe … in towering hutch, high in the sky. Here Rabunzel waits grumpily for her mother's daily visit with carrots and fresh lettuce, letting down her ears so she can climb up the tower. But one day, it isn't her mother who climbs up Rabunzel's very long ears… The first hilarious title in a fun-filled fairytale series with empowering messages for young readers! Perfect for fans of The Fairytale Hairdresser and The Lion Inside series. Look out for Cindergorilla, based on the classic Cinderella!

Love fairy tales? Love animals? Love laugh-out-loud storytelling? Look no further! Cindergorilla loves to dance. She longs to go to the Saturday Night Disco Ball, where the other gorillas strut their stuff, but her horrid aunt and cousins, Gertrude and Grace always say no. Instead Cindergorilla must stay home and do the housework!But all that changes when Cinder gets a visit from her Hairy Godmother . . . The second hilarious title in a fun-filled fairytale series with empowering messages for young readers! Perfect for fans of The Fairytale Hairdresser and The Lion Inside series.Look out for:RabunzelComing soon:Snowy White

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2012A hair-raising family adventure that will have you howling with enjoyment! Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the Considine family. Why did Mariel's mum argue with Grandma all those years ago? Why does Amelia wear so much perfume? Why is there a very large cat flap in Louvre House? Why does Gerald seem scared of his brother's appetite? Did Grandma Considine really break her neck falling down the stairs? And most importantly, what is the dark secret that lies at the heart of the family?

Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death!Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death. An extraordinary mystery in Larkin Mills is beginning to take shape. First we meet the apparently healthy Albert Dance, although he's always been called a sickly child, and he's been booked into Larkin Mills' Hospital for Specially Ill Children. Then there's his neighbour Ivor, who observes strange goings-on, and begins his own investigations into why his uncle disappeared all those years ago. Next we meet Young Olive, who is given a battered accordion by her father, and unwittingly strikes a dreadful deal with an instrument repair man.Make sure you keep an eye on Mr Morricone, the town ice-cream seller, who has queues snaking around the block for his legendary ice cream flavours Summer Fruits Suicide and The Christmas Massacre. And Mr Milkwell, the undertaker, who has some very dodgy secrets locked up in his hearse. Because if you can piece together what all these strange folks have to do with one another . . . well, you'll have begun to unlock the dark secrets that keep the little world of Larkin Mills spinning . . .

In a world full of drooling, dead-eyed tech-zombies, you are the last line of defence and only by solving the puzzles can you save the world. The tech zombie apocalypse is here and Rock Stone, a former employee of the company that started the outbreak, has recruited you to help him stop the virus and save the world. Solve the puzzles, play the games, complete the challenges and keep on reading to defeat the tech-zombies. In this adventure story, You Choose what happens next, but make sure you make the right decision as you only have ten lives to use. Can you battle the tech-zombies and save the world without losing any brain cells?Brain Dead is the ultimate narrative adventure book for readers aged 7+ who want to keep their brains sharp and firmly inside their heads, as well as dodging the pull of WIFI-hungry tech-zombies bent on devouring their minds!

First mate Hugh has got the whole crew and the pirate ship ready, but they can't set sail until they find a captain! Come on this salty adventure as Hugh and his scurvy seadogs try to find the perfect pirate for the job. Rather than a peg leg or a hook, it turns out what their captain needs is the brains to lead.

"The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking."When detective Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly, a young girl whose pet cat has gone missing, the dragon ends up with not only a new case to solve but also a self-appointed partner-in-solving-crime. And it turns out that Holly's cat is just the beginning! As the pair hunt for clues, Dirk spots other dragons flying over the city - and not the good kind. Dirk has a hunch they might just be involved, but will he and Holly be able prevent further cat-astrophe before it's too late? The first instalment in a fun and action-packed detective series for fans of TOTO THE NINJA CAT, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and Tom Fletcher's children's books.