Becca Heddle

Harry Houdini was the world's most famous magician and escapologist. He was so good at escaping from things that people thought he must have magical powers. But how did he fool his audiences and why is he still so famous today.The Amazing Houdini is part of the Reading Planet Cosmos range of books from Hodder Education. Cosmos provides a vibrant collection of fiction and non-fiction books that will widen children's reading horizons. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 8-9 years.

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book. This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles: Bam and Red, Sam's Backpack, The Drum, The Dragon Balloon, A Bump in the Bed and A Big Egg for Hen.

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book. This pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: Bam and Red, Sam's Backpack, The Drum, The Dragon Balloon, A Bump in the Bed and A Big Egg for Hen.

Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a compelling non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The series includes 36 titles which are all phonically decodable, with some high-interest topic words to develop vocabulary and impart knowledge. The imaginative approach and variety of intriguing topics mean there are books to interest every child. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book. This pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: How Can I Help You?, Snack Attack, How We See, Dive! Dive!, Space Dad and Up in the Air.

Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a compelling non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The series includes 36 titles which are all phonically decodable, with some high-interest topic words to develop vocabulary and impart knowledge. The imaginative approach and variety of intriguing topics mean there are books to interest every child. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book. This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles: How Can I Help You?, Snack Attack, How We See, Dive! Dive!, Space Dad and Up in the Air.

TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening. This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles:Mischief Makers, A Christmas Carol, Who Needs Stories?, Decisions, Decisions, Changing Shape and Peter and the Wolf.

The Oxford Reading Tree Green Sparks series explains and illustrates the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in an age-appropriate way. The series supports development of all reading skills by combining phonic progression with essential vocabulary, as well as extending the reader's comprehension of the issues around sustainability in global and local contexts. This will boost general knowledge and subject-specific vocabulary, as well as promote learner engagement and student wellbeing. The 42 levelled fiction and non-fiction books from Oxford Reading Levels 1 to 6 are linked to subjects in the wider curriculum, as well as to international curricula, such as the Oxford International Curriculum and the IB's Primary Years Programme. The Teacher Handbook includes cross-curricular activities designed to support children's understanding of the SDGs. Selected titles from this series can be accessed through the Oxford Owl eBook Library subscription. Free Teaching Notes are also available on Oxford Owl. The Oxford Reading Tree Green Sparks series will inspire young readers to become the problem-solving global citizens of tomorrow. How can you make a town more sustainable? How can you make towns cooler and protect them from floods? Help My Town! describes some clever solutions to these problems and focuses on UN SDG 13 Climate action.

This pack contains 6 copies of: The Disasters of Leo Williams, The New Me, Jenna Goes Home, Bring Back the Beach, Hercules the Younger, Asha's Party, The Best Brother and Team Spirit. Prompt thoughtful discussions and develop higher-level comprehension skills with Reflect - emotionally powerful fiction and non-fiction with realistic settings.

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 2 books have a word count of 3360 words with an expected reading rate of 70 words per minute. Extinctions have been happening as long as there has been life on Earth. Find out what happened to some of the strangest creatures ever to have lived – and if we could bring them back.

Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Pack of 4: More Stories contains: Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Ling and the Queen Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Bab Is Too Vain! Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: The Moon Rabbit Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Tink Tink The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 36 enchanting stories from all over the world, complementing the original Traditional Tales titles published in 2011. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and values. All the stories are carefully levelled and matched to the phonics progression of the Oxford Reading Levels, enabling children to read the stories independently. The stories can also be used alongside other phonics programmes, such as Floppy's Phonics and Essential Letters and Sounds. The inside cover notes will guide teachers and parents/carers in supporting their children when reading the stories. The stories will delight children while developing the essential reading skills of decoding and comprehension. Written and illustrated by authors and artists from around the world, these tales are a true global series, perfect for any child anywhere.

Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Pack of 24: More Stories contains: Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Ling and the Queen Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Bab Is Too Vain! Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: The Moon Rabbit Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Tink Tink The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 36 enchanting stories from all over the world, complementing the original Traditional Tales titles published in 2011. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and values. All the stories are carefully levelled and matched to the phonics progression of the Oxford Reading Levels, enabling children to read the stories independently. The stories can also be used alongside other phonics programmes, such as Floppy's Phonics and Essential Letters and Sounds. The inside cover notes will guide teachers and parents/carers in supporting their children when reading the stories. The stories will delight children while developing the essential reading skills of decoding and comprehension. Written and illustrated by authors and artists from around the world, these tales are a true global series, perfect for any child anywhere.

The birds decide that whoever can fly the highest should become their king. Tink Tink, the smallest bird, wants to be king but Owl says that such a small bird cannot fly high enough. Tink Tink needs to find a way of proving Owl wrong. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 36 enchanting stories from all over the world, complementing the original Traditional Tales titles published in 2011. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and values. All the stories are carefully levelled and matched to the phonics progression of the Oxford Reading Levels, enabling children to read the stories independently. The stories can also be used alongside other phonics programmes, such as Floppy's Phonics and Essential Letters and Sounds. The inside cover notes will guide teachers and parents/carers in supporting their children when reading the stories. The stories will delight children while developing the essential reading skills of decoding and comprehension. Written and illustrated by authors and artists from around the world, these tales are a true global series, perfect for any child anywhere.

A collection of decodable stories perfect for very early readers. Share this collection of 8 stories with your child. Designed to match your child's reading (phonics) skills from school and help them to put their learning into practice at home. Ideal for children starting to read to help them gain confidence. Each story has handy parent notes at the beginning to help you support your child to read. This includes practising the focus sounds, highlighting any tricky words they may need assistance with and advice on what to do before, during and after reading. Have fun trying to find the hidden characters throughout and retell each tale at the end using the picture prompts provided. These expertly levelled stories are engaging and follow one of the most commonly used phonics programmes in primary schools. Scholastic considers these books suitable for children learning using the Wandle Learning Trust's Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme. Scholastic is not part of Wandle Learning Trust, nor are our products approved for use with the Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised phonics programme by the Wandle Learning Trust. Rabbit Run and Other Stories contains the following eight books in one with phonic phases 3 and 4 sounds You Cannot Fool Me Focus: ai ee oo Rabbit Run Focus: ee igh oo My Fort Focus: ar or air er A Howl in the Dark Focus: ar ur ow ear Trent Gets a Pet Focus: Adjacent consonants and short vowel sounds The Jumping Contest Focus: Adjacent consonants and short vowel sounds The Green Fingers Club Focus: Adjacent consonants and long vowel sounds The Next Best Thing Focus: Adjacent consonants and long vowel sounds Also Available: This is Such Fun! and Other Stories (Phonic Phase 2), and Bounder to the Rescue and Other Stories (Phonic Phase 5). (Please note that the stories in these collections can also be found as individual books in the Scholastic Book Bag Readers fiction series.)

This kit contains everything you need to support your child as they take their next steps in phonics. It's an ideal way to help support your child's school phonics learning. The kit includes: · Six fiction and non-fiction books that children will be able to read using their phonic knowledge. · Leaflet to explain how children are taught to read at school, so you can feel confident supporting your child. · Flashcards for quick and easy phonics practice. · Poster and stickers to keep your child motivated and engaged. My Phonics Activity Kit 2 covers sounds at Letters and Sounds Phase 3 that children learn in Reception/P1. Look out for Kit 3 for further support as your child progresses. Essential Letters and Sounds is a phonics programme aligned to Letters and Sounds, designed to get all children to read well, quickly, published by Oxford University Press. Expertly developed by teachers from Knowledge Schools Trust, it is fully validated by the Department for Education. This kit can be used whether your child's school follows Essential Letters and Sounds or any other phonics programme.

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. Find out how to perform amazing balloon tricks through the power of science in this non-fiction book.

This is a 2-in-1 book for readers aged 7 to 11 years old. In the fiction text, Clem has to help the animals during a storm. In the non-fiction, find out how animals help people, and how people like blacksmiths look after them. Help is at Oxford Reading Level 4. It is a fully-decodable book for pupils who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.

This pack contains six copies of each of the Rise titles at Oxford Reading Level 4: Spot the Animals; Help; Looking for Rainbows. These 2-in-1 books are for readers aged 7 to 11 years old. They are fully-decodable books for pupils who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.

Engaging fiction and non-fiction fully aligned to each week of Essential Letters and Sounds, allowing children to consolidate their phonic knowledge through reading in context. These fully decodable readers are 100% matched to the phonic progression of Essential Letters and Sounds. Essential Letters and Sounds is a systematic synthetic phonics programme validated by the Department for Education. These readers complement your existing decodable readers from Oxford University Press and can be used alongside them to support the teaching of Essential Letters and Sounds. Light and Night allows children to apply their phonics learning from Reception, Spring 1, Week 5 of Essential Letters and Sounds.

Engaging fiction and non-fiction fully aligned to each week of Essential Letters and Sounds, allowing children to consolidate their phonic knowledge through reading in context. These fully decodable readers are 100% matched to the phonic progression of Essential Letters and Sounds. Essential Letters and Sounds is a systematic synthetic phonics programme validated by the Department for Education. These readers complement your existing decodable readers from Oxford University Press and can be used alongside them to support the teaching of Essential Letters and Sounds. Cora the Little Crab allows children to apply their phonics learning from Reception, Spring 2, Week 6 of Essential Letters and Sounds.

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics. Join this group of adventurous friends as they follow the clues to track the blue beast. Will they be able to work as a team and not only find her but help her?