Ross Collins Books

With a focus on building phonics skills, this collection includes seven fun stories with colourful illustrations. It is ideal for children who are developing early reading skills. Find out about Singing Dad and Viv's Odd Pet, as well as Ron Rabbit's job at the fish and chip shop! Tips forreading together explain the letter patterns that each story focuses on and identify any words children may find tricky, helping you to get the most out of the collection.Former Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, has captivated children all over the world with her lively and engaging stories. Songbirds is a phonics programme carefully created by Julia to support children who are learning to read and is used in schools to inspire a loveof reading. There are eight Songbirds story collections for you to enjoy.Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence.Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on a href="https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/"oxfordowl.co.uk/a. Let's get them flying!

Littlenose lives long, long, ago, when fierce wild animals roam the land, and it is very cold. His home is a cave, his clothes are made of fur, and his pet is a woolly mammoth called Two-Eyes. The Neanderthal winter lasts for months and months; it's a great time to go exploring. With ice, snow, mist, and fog all around, Littlenose finds all sorts of fun things to do, including sledding, hunting, and even rescuing strange tribespeople from the snow. But things are never calm for long in this naughty caveboy's world. His curiosity always leads him into trouble!

Knitbone Pepper is a friendly ghost dog, haunting the crumbling Starcross Hall with a gaggle of other ghostly pets. But when he discovers that the Hall is up for sale and his beloved owner, Winnie Pepper, and her madcap parents must leave their home, he smells a rat. Can Knitbone and his ghostly gang of animals help Winnie save Starcross?

Little Monster is discovering opposites - from hot and cold to young and old, from good and bad to happy and sad. Join him as he explores his surroundings! A perfect board book for babies learning all about their world.

When Mum and Dad go out for the evening they think they've left their daughter in safe hands with robots designed to get her to bed! There's Cook-bot to make great spaghetti for dinner, Clean-bot to do the washing-up, Wash-bot for bath time and even Book-bot for a bedtime story. What could possibly go wrong?

With echoes of Dr Seuss, this joyously illustrated picture book by a multi-award-winning talent is perfect for sharing.

BUG BATTLE: Josh and Danny have fallen foul of Petty's SWITCH serum and have been turned into a spider and stag beetle! Will they stay out of trouble long enough for the potion to wear off?MAKE SOME NOISE: In their latest madcap mission, Max and Ben meet a brand-new Gargoyle friend in the most unexpected of places - the library!

Hal is on a mission to solve the case of his horrible nightmares and he's pretty sure his favourite cheesy snacks are to blame ... A hilarious nightmare-fuelled tale from superstar author-illustrator Ross Collins, particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+.

Norman and Ringo are the hounds that take the blame for every pong and puddle. Determined to exploit their status for profit, Blamehounds Inc. is soon in business ... A wickedly clever and hilarious doggy tale from superstar author- illustrator Ross Collins, particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+

Songbirds Phonics combines real phonic stories with interactive whiteboard software to deliver the requirements for high-quality phonics teaching resources. Written by award-winning Julia Donaldson, these stories provide fun, fully decodable texts with built-in progression help your pupils achieve immediate reading success. They are fully in line with the 2006 Framework and the simple view of reading. Each book includes notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants on the inside covers. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same ORT stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes. The books are complemented by eSongbirds interactive whiteboard software which offers a systematic, quality phonics teaching through a multi-sensory approach.