EARLY READERS
EARLY READERS
Welcome to the wonderful world of the early reader.
Books designed to help your child learn to read.
All my early reader books are published by the brilliantly innovative Maverick Books.
Find out more about them and their extensive range of books for younger children HERE
Watch out later this year for two new additions to my early reader collection with the publication of Zapman’s Super Mistake and The Bee’s Sneeze.
My very first fusion reader, The Mega Monster Muddle - partly told through graphic/comic strip pages - will also be out sometime in 2025.
TOO MUCH FOR DUCK and THE WET DAY Illustrated by Camilla Frescura
Poor duck finds his crowded pond just too much to cope with, until he makes friends with a kind fish. Duck and Fish enjoy playing together, even when the rain tries very hard to stop them.
Stories are simple but kept fun, humorous and familiar.
Approximately 60-90 words per story with two stories per book.
There is an information page before the start of each story.
THE NOT-A-TROLL Illustrated by Marina Perez Luque
One day, Henry McEndry thinks he meets a troll called Bobbo at the end of his garden, but Bobbo is very insistent he is NOT a troll. When Henry takes him back to meet the family, what will they get up to?
Reading level description - Plots are still mostly simple , without subplots, but there is more variation in speech
and a greater range of sentence structures and lengths than at previous levels.
Approximately 600-800 words per story with one story per book.
There is a quiz page at the end of each story.
MOON-DOG Illustrated by Antonella Fant
Luna takes Pip to visit the moon but the cheese noggins are being naughty... can Luna and Pip stop them and save the cheese festival?
Reading level description -There are continued opportunities for prediction at various points in the text, and for discussion of characters and motivation.
Plots are still mostly straightforward and linear.
Approximately 800-1000 words per story with one story per book.
There is an quiz page at the end of each story.
CIRCUS GRANNY Illustrated by Marta Garatea
My granny is amazing! She has pink hair, wears sparkly things and says she used to work at the circus! But that can't be true... can it?
Reading level description -There are continued opportunities for prediction at various points in the text, and for discussion of characters and motivation.
Plots are still mostly straightforward and linear.
Approximately 800-1000 words per story with one story per book.
There is an quiz page at the end of each story.
ZAPMAN’S SUPER MISTAKE Illustrated by Mario Gushiken
There’s a tearaway gorilla threatening the peace and safety of the city but when Zapman goes on a rescue mission, he regrets drinking quite so much strawberry milkshake that morning.
Reading level description -There are continued opportunities for prediction at various points in the text, and for discussion of characters and motivation.
Plots are still mostly straightforward and linear.
Approximately 800-1000 words per story with one story per book.
There is an quiz page at the end of each story.
THE FAIRLY SCARY FAIRY Illustrated by Tom Heard
Kip, the fairy, is worried. All her friends have discovered their unique fairy skill but she hasn't. With the naming day fast approaching, will she ever be able earn her fairy name?
Reading level description - Stories start to get longer as children become more confident, however plots and characters are still mostly clear and straightforward to follow. Word choices are still within children's passive vocabulary.
Approximately 1000-1300 words per story
NOWHERE LANE Illustrated by Xareni Ramirez
Nobody can solve the mystery of Nowhere Lane. No matter how far anyone walks down it, the road just loops back to the begninng. When Dexter accidentally takes a map of the lane belonging to grumpy Mr Crabtree, his whole world turns upside down. Does Nowhere Lane lead somewhere after all?
Reading level description - CHAPTER READER - acts as a bridge between the later band early readers and junior fiction, to make that step into independent reading that much easier.
Approximately 4500 words.