Kris Jones – illustratör

Pete tries to join in and play with the other dinosaurs, but he finds that his little arms make this difficult for him. Will he find a game he can play?

The peaceful Kingdom of Bagley is the home of the best beans ever baked, boiled or braised. In Bagley, beans are the passion of the people. However, with a new king crowned, the quiet, bean-filled lives of the Bagley citizens will soon be turned upside down, as the new king doesn’t feel quite the same way about beans as they do. In fact, he thinks beans are downright boring!

To the people of Bagley, beans are everything. They love farming them and drying them and cooking them and eating them... But to the young king of Bagley? Not so much. The king is fed up with beans. All he wants is for Bagley to finally be fun – and what’s more fun than beanbags?

This fully decodable phonics fiction book focuses on oy/ir sounds. Troy works as a bellboy at a hotel, but all he really wants is to be a cowboy. He decides to dress up and act as a cowboy for a day. But what will Troy’s boss think? The book contains vibrant illustrations, explanations of Read and Grow’s phonics scheme, examples of focus sounds, and comprehension questions. This Read and Grow book is aligned to reading levels of K–1 and interest levels of PreK–2.