Best Selling Books by June Crebbin

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Jump on a magical bus and take a tour of strange and wonderful lands in this wonderfully imaginative poem by June Crebbin. Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language. Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun I Spy Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

It''s Pony Day at Merryfield Hall Riding School and, for the first time ever, Dad has promised to come and watch Amber jump! Everything will be perfect ... as long as Mum can get Amber to the stables on time for once, and rich, spiteful Donna doesn''t get her own way!

Danny has a secret. A wild duck is sitting on her eggs near the playground. But he won''t tell a soul--not even his teacher. Instead, Danny draws pictures of the duck in various stages until one day he draws a picture of an empty nest. Where has the duck gone? And why is his teacher smiling? Full color.

George loves being a wizard''s helper in the school play, but he hates the green tights he has to wear. Everyone laughs when he puts them on. The tights must go, but getting rid of them is easier said than done.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. "Please can I have a cat?" "No, Tom." Then a letter arrives for Tom.

Hannah would love to have a pet, so when she finds a large white rabbit in the snow, she wants to keep him, and her father agrees, at least until they can find the real owner.

Leaves of gold and crimson Curl crisply on the street, Their papery voices chatter As they crunch beneath my feet. - Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language. - Text type--a poetry collection. - Curriculum links--geography: "Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather." - Check comprehension and embed learning with a reader response spread on pages 22-23.

Amber and her friends are excited when they discover that Princess Rana of Jordan will visit Merryfield Hall this summer. The princess says she doesn''t ride and helps out with stable duties instead. Amber persuades Rana to ride in the summer show, which her parents will attend. Will the princess succeed and prove to her parents that she can ride?

The informative and compelling non-fiction titles offer authentic writing styles. The titles include traditional non-fiction text types and features, as well as quirky topics and content that provide a child-friendly way to learn.Stunning photography.Informative illustrations and diagrams.Authentic, child-friendly contexts for teaching reading.All titles can be purchased separately as single titles. For more information, please contact your Oxford Primary Consultant.

Offers a collection of poems highlighting the pleasures of living in the country and in the city.

This series of delightful storybooks is a flexible resource designed to help teachers engage and motivate young learners in the classroom. They are an ideal way to support children in the early stages of learning English. Teacher''s Books and Audio Cassettes/CDs make the Storybooks simple to use: the Teacher''s Books cover the entire level and include step-by-step teaching notes with ideas for classes of different ability, photocopiable worksheets, and ''If you have time'' sections suggesting original ideas for games and activities. The Audio Cassettes/CDs feature all the titles in each level read aloud, exposing children to different voices while they have fun listening to the dramatisations. At levels 3 and 4 selected titles are designed to be read as a play. Watch your pupils'' confidence in English grow as they act out the stories together!

Jack''s best friend Tom is mad about bones. He''s got a huge collection of animal skulls and skeletons. But when Tom takes a human skull from a hole in the local church, Jack thinks he''s gone too far. He''s sure the skull will bring down a curse on them. And then things do indeed start going wrong.

George loves being a wizard''s helper in the school play, but he hates the green tights he has to wear. Everyone laughs when he puts them on. The tights must go, but getting rid of them is easier said than done.

This series of first readers uses several different media - posters, letters, video diary - to tell stories about subjects with strong child appeal, such as football, giants, dragons and highwaymen. They are suitable for use in the classroom or at home, and fit guidelines for the Literacy Strategy.

Two stripy socks, three torn tickets, four freckled frogs - how many things are in my pocket? The simple words, funny story and illustrations in this story are designed for children who are learning to read.

It''s the first day of pony camp at Merryfield Hall Riding School. Amber has been looking forward to it for months! But that evening, Amber sees Oscar the pony being bullied by some boys and she hatches a plan to save him.

Amber is excited to be going on Merryfield Hall''s pony trekking expedition in Wales. Three days of trail riding across hills and along beaches - even wild camping. But Donna isn''t happy and just wants to cause trouble. And when the expedition faces disaster, Amber has to do some quick-thinking to save them.

Tarquin the Wonder Horse has amazing powers. He can talk, breathe fire and make wishes come true. There are times, though, when having magic powers only brings trouble - as he soon discovers All humans he comes across want to exploit his special powers for their own gains. But then Tarquin meets two children, Rosanna and Paul, and it seems he may finally get what his heart desires.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Spike and the Concert is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Stories with Familiar Settings, a strand where children can identify with the setting and characters and make links with their own experiences. Spike and the Concert is one of nine books written by June Crebbin and illustrated by Peter Kavanagh. Each story centres on the everyday lives of children from two neighbouring families. Young readers will easily relate to the kind of situations in which the children find themselves, and will enjoy meeting the same characters across the nine books. Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to introduce children to a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), The Dog Show is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Stories with Familiar Settings, a strand where children can identify with the setting and characters and make links with their own experiences. The Dog Show is one of nine books written by June Crebbin and illustrated by Peter Kavanagh. Each story centres on the everyday lives of children from two neighbouring families. Young readers will easily relate to the kind of situations in which the children find themselves, and will enjoy meeting the same characters across the nine books.Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to introduce children to a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading.

Toby tries to find his bark in lots of different places. Finally and unexpectedly he finds it, and a new friend, when he confronts a mirror.

Five read-aloud stories about a small spirited girl named Carrie. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English.

A varied collection of stories and poems with a loosely underlying theme of friendship.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.