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Books Used In Schools
None of us conforms to the “average” in every aspect of life. Every child’s reading abilities is unique; therefore, the groupings below are meant only as a guide.
Books for Ages 8 +
Gordon Gets Even
^ back to the topGordon is being bullied by Big Kev and he enlists his aunt’s help but in the end he discovers that he can stand up to Big Kev on his own, after all.
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Tales on a Cold Dark Night
^ back to the topAnthology of Celtic stories, and Hamish’s favourite book.
Designed to fit the National Curriculum, this is part of the “Longman Book Project”. The project aims to enable teachers throughout the primary school to teach: language; fiction; and non-fiction.
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The Trojan Horse and Other Greek Myths and Legends
^ back to the topFeatures retellings of six Greek myths. Building on the ‘Pelican Big Books’ series, this series is designed to fulfil National Literacy Strategy teaching objectives, with texts for use in guided reading sessions, and emphasising the partnership between reading and writing.
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Collections 8
Finding the Hideout and Police Report
(short stories)
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Collections 6
Gaia’s Secret
(short story)
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The Astonishing Book
^ back to the topSisters, home on school holidays discover a secret treasure, hidden in the loft of their new house. Is it valuable? Could it be very old? Join the girls as they uncover the truth about this Astonishing Book!
The EPS Making Connections Series
Comprehension Library
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Tarella
^ back to the topTarella is a flying horse and daughter of King Taragus. Tarella gets her minder Bashik to open the gates and let her go down to Earth, although she is not supposed to. When she gets there it is not quite what she had expected, but she befriends a little girl who is very sad.
The EPS Making Connections Series
Comprehension Library
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Books for ages 6-8
A Ball Called Sam
^ back to the topThe Rigby Star Guided Reading Series
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The Giant and the Frippit
^ back to the topThe little Frippit plays tricks on the kind Giant until he discovers that being friends is better.
The Rigby Star Guided Reading Series
Orange Level
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Fizzkid Liz
^ back to the topThe Rigby Star Guided Reading Series
Orange Level
This book is called “Fizzkid the Inventor” in the US, and “Beatrice l’Inventrice” in France.
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Korka the Mighty Elf
^ back to the topKorka might be the smallest elf but he tricks the wicked Trolls into believing he is a Mighty elf.
The Rigby Star Guided Reading series
Torquoise Level
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Rascal
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Space Station Orion
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Computer Error
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Flood!
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The Gray Boatman
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The Gray Boatman
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The Galapina Treaures
^ back to the topA short novel, paired with another story, “Alien Detectives”
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Books for Ages 4 – 5
Melting Snow
^ back to the topMelting Snow. The day we made a snowman. When the snowman melts mum makes snowman ice lollies.
From the Oxford Reading Tree
Stage 3: Snapdragons
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Can You Get Our Ball?
^ back to the topFrom the Oxford Reading Tree Series (Stage 2: Snapdragons)
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Who Lives Here?
^ back to the topA flap book showing where creatures live (i.e. bird-nest) with both drawings and photographs allowing children to guess first from the illustrations and then revealed when opening the flap, with clear photographs of the habitat.
From the Spotty Zebra Series
Red
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What Is It?
^ back to the topMegan and Dad are making something in the garden and David is trying to guess what it is at each stage.
From the Spotty Zebra Series
Red
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Walk in the Woods
^ back to the topFrom the Spotty Zebra Series
Pink
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What’s That Sound?
^ back to the topThe friends are trying to identify the sounds they hear until they finally see the marching band.
From the Spotty Zebra Series
Pink
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