Natalia Grebtsova – illustratör

Paul lives on a planet called Alpha 3 with his mum and his pet hamster, Jaws. Alpha 3 is freezing and everyone has to stay indoors to survive. One day, Paul finds out he has a superpower: his eyes can make laser beams! He also discovers that his mum is a super-villain who plans to destroy a neighbouring planet with a laser and use the heat to thaw out Alpha 3. Can Paul stop his mum in time? (Letter-sounds featured: /ou/ ou /oi/ oy /or/ au aw ) Alpha 3: Thaw Out is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6.

As a girl, Debbie Friedman loved to sing. Music bubbled up inside her. She continued singing as a teenager and taught herself to play the guitar, even though she couldn’t read music. Time on a kibbutz, where everyone worked and played, and sung and prayed together, inspired Debbie. Could music heal the world and bring people together? She would do what no one else had done before—create Jewish music that would welcome, include, and honor everyone. Some people laughed at her or said mean things, but her songs, weaving English and Hebrew together, touched the Jewish community and brought people together, just like she had dreamed.