New Releases by June Crebbin

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.

Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series.The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains six books, one of each of Deep Down Weird, Perfect Pets, Zoom Out!, A Pony for a Day, Who Eats Who?, and Edward Lear''s Scrapbook.

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.

This simple picture book with a familiar theme, looks at the different thigns that a family take on a picnic; the rug, the basket, the sandwiches, the cakes and the drinks. The scene is set for a perfect picnic, until the wasps arrive! * Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. * Text type - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language * A labelled illustration on pages 14 and 15 gives children the chance to recount and discuss the story. * This story is paired with an information book with a similar theme: Minibeasts by Siobhan Hardy.

This is a poetry book by June Crebbin exploring the themes of wildlife, the seasons, and life''s simple pleasures. This series offers developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English.

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.

This collection of horse stories draws on a wide range of locations, times and cultures, featuring tales from ancient Greece, 14th-century Mongolia, medieval France and the present day.

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.

Hetti likes spaghetti. Jake likes cake. How about Fred? Fred likes bread! With seven colourful jigsaws and filled with fun rhymes, this makes an ideal reading book to share.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. Emma has a pyjama party and Dad tells a ghost story.

A loud-barker, a tail-wagger, a cat-chaser...My dog es all of these and lots more too.

A journey on a train provides excitement, nice scenery, and pleasant anticipation.

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 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!

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!

A new title in the highly acclaimed series for beginner readers, written using a variety of media, and ideal for use in compliance with the literacy strategy.

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.

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.

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.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. Jess makes a special cake.

Part of the Cambridge Reading scheme for key stage 1/P1-3, this strand pack brings together June Crebbin''s nine stories from the Towards Independence stage of Cambridge Reading. Whether they''re strawberry picking, at a dog show, or at the pantomime, you can be sure the families and Spike the dog will have plenty of fun! Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for teaching and learning throughout the primary years. Key features include a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high quality attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme; comprehensive support materials.

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.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), A Cat for Keeps 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. A Cat for Keeps 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.

Tom Farmer wakes up to mischief in a sprightly, read-aloud that children will scramble to hear. Crebbin''s boisterous text--a wild and wacky version of a nursery song modeled on "Skip to My Lou"--and McEwen''s spirited illustrations combine for some riotous barnyard fun. Full color.

Gina is big and loves food. Dina is tall and loves herself. Emmelina is small and thoughtful and loves everyone. The queen wants the sisters to get rid of the monster that is threatening her village and turning all her subjects to stone. But will it be brawn, beauty or brains that wins the day? Young readers will be thoroughly entertained as they discover the answer.

Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading throughout the primary years. Key features include: a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high-quality, attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme and comprehensive support materials. The Bridging Books help children who have made a slow start in learning to read to build confidence and fluency. Each set of Bridging Books comprises six books that are motivating and fun to read. They gradually increase in difficulty of vocabulary, sentence structure, story complexity and length. June Crebbin''s books, illustrated by Susan Hellard, all centre around a lively boy called Max and his family.