Stephen Rickard Books

This author does not primarily identify as a writer but rather as a creator who writes on occasion. Their work at Ransom Publishing involves assembling books, a role that includes finding or commissioning illustrations, designing layouts, and collaborating with authors. They tend to handle more routine writing tasks, such as teacher's guides and workbooks. Their career path is diverse, encompassing studies in law and business, a stint as a BBC Studio Manager, and significant involvement in the music scene.

321 Go! Free Run
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321 Go! Free Run takes readers right to the heart of the action. With detailed, yet simple first person descriptions and superb full colour photographs, readers will discover what it's really like to dive to the ocean floor on just one single breath. Experience the burning of the lungs, the pain ringing in the ears, the nitrogen narcosis and the final dangerous metres... These are heart in the mouth, jaw-droppingly exciting, experiences of a lifetime! 321 Go! will intrigue and inspire reluctant readers aged 8-14, yet the simple texts and low word counts cater for a reading age of 6-7.
321 Go! Free Dive
Let an expert show you all about free diving.
In the Sky
12 pages
1 hour of reading
Look at the sky. What can you see in the sky? In the Sky is a reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 104-word non-fiction book features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary.
Plants and Animals
Trees are plants, frogs are animals. What are cats, sunflowers and people? What do they need to live? Plants and Animals is a reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 85-word non-fiction book features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary.
Old, Older, Oldest
A first person narrative about being young, being older and being the oldest. Old, Older, Oldest is a book-banded reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Yellow Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 143-word first-person narrative features a short, structured text with accessible vocabulary.
Blue and Green Things
'This car is green. It is not a blue car.' A short text about blue and green things. Blue and Green Things is a reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 87-word non-fiction book features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary.
Legs
12 pages
1 hour of reading
What has two legs? What has eight legs? Legs is a book-banded reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Red Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 126-word non-fiction book features a short, highly structured text with limited vocabulary.
In the Dark
16 pages
1 hour of reading
In the dark I cannot see, in the dark there is no light. In the Dark is phonics-based reading book, covering the second set of graphemes that children learn in school. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 230-word first-person narrative features a fully decodable text.
Mad, Mad, MAD!
Can you see a bee in red boots? A mad chicken with a long beard? It's all mad, mad, MAD! Mad, Mad, MAD! is a low level phonics reading book, covering second set of basic letters and sounds that children learn in school. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 89-word fiction story features a fully decodable text.
The Princess and the Pea
A retelling of the popular traditional story of the princess and the pea. The Princess and the pea is a phonics-based reading book, covering the fourth phase of letters and sounds that children learn in school. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 330-word fiction story features a fully decodable text.