New Releases by Monica Hughes

Boxer went to town to look for food. He saw fish in the fish and stole one! But because he was greedy he went hungry.

The Ladybird I'm Ready for Phonics readers uses simple language and engaging, humorous stories to help children develop their phonics skills. The series has been carefully written to give gradual, structured practice of the synthetic phonics your child is learning at school.

Phonics Bug is the first Phonics programme to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies video, and an online reading world to give today's children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics.

This title is part of Phonics Bug - the first synthetic phonics programme to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies video, and an online reading world to give today's children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics. In this Phase 3 (Set 8) Phonics Bug fiction book: Flash gets stuck. Can Sharon help?

This title is part of Phonics Bug - the first synthetic phonics programme to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies video, and an online reading world to give today's children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics. In this Phase 3 (Set 10) Phonics Bug fiction book: Mark's mum has a turnip farm. But Mark is sick of turnips ...

Ram is trapped in a pit. Duck, Cat and Rat try to help - Ram is freed, but Rat is trapped instead!

Mad Max the inventor has a special box. With his assistant he mixes all sorts of ingredients, revs up the engine - and creates his own twin!

Dad is sleeping, but Tim is tapping a tin, until Dad shouts at him to stop. Dad and Tim take a nap, but then Sam starts tapping the tin...

This big book allows teachers to develop and enhance learning of a key topic by reading aloud to their class and engaging children in shared activities.

Imagine a turtle that’s 13 feet [4 m] long! That’s just one of many surprises to be found in Swimming Giants, a book about the creatures that inhabited the world’s ocean waters during dino times. In this exciting companion to Flying Giants, young readers will get a glimpse into the steamy world of long ago where some fish, such as the Shonisaurus, were over 50 feet long [15 m] and had spine bones the size of dinner plates! The simple text and colorful illustrations will help kids learn about the similarities between these ancient swimmers and modern-day animals. Developed by literacy experts, Swimming Giants features controlled text with appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure for emergent readers.

This instruction book shows children how to make pop-up cards, taking them through each stage of the process with clear photographs and instructions.

Readers will learn what an ocean looks, feels and sounds like, as well as how deep and wide it is, what the edge of an ocean is, who lives in an ocean, and how people use oceans.

Readers will explore the forest during different seasons, finding out what it looks like, feels like, and sounds like, as well as what animals live in the forest and how people use forests.

Written by top children's authors such as award-winning Gillian Cross, Malachy Doyle and Pippa Goodhart Snapdragons are fabulously illustrated with various writing styles and fonts to make reading enjoyable for all your infant readers. They provides a wide range of picture books for children aged 3-9. Easy-to-use reading notes for parents/carers are included on the inside cover of each book. 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 Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of invaluable teaching notes.

Describes how animals as different as monarch butterflies and gray whales travel in a similar pattern.

Why do we have weather patterns? Where does it rain every afternoon? What is a monsoon? Weather follows patterns. Most parts of the world have a yearly weather pattern. In some places there is also a daily weather pattern. Read this book to find out why these patterns happen.

This book introduces the birth of a sister to an older brother.

Illustrations and simple text describe how one family celebrates Id-al-Fitr.

Describes the bodies, relatives, diets, and life cycles of pill bugs, and includes color photos.

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"In this chilling, thrilling, underwater adventure, readers explore the world of a sunken wreck and the secrets it holds - secrets that have the power to heal, and to destroy" Cf. Our choice, 2002.

This book has photos of three children visiting a farm. The children tell us what they are doing.

This collection of infant reading books works as the skills-focused backbone of guided reading resources, with step-by-step skills coverage and the full range of genre. The scheme correlates to the NLS and the Scottish 5-14 Attainment targets for children.

"A young girl is 'shipped off' to a Scottish boarding school during the Second World War, where she uncovers a 'secret society, ' and learns about the Celtic lore of the land" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998