Reading Planet - I Spy - Lilac: Lift-off


Book Description

Lift-off wordless books (Lilac band) ensure all children develop the essential early language skills for reading readiness. I spy with my little eye something beginning with ... Join Rhys, Lily and Mia on the top deck of the bus to see what you can spot and join in with the game of I spy!




Reading Planet - Goal! - Lilac: Lift-off


Book Description

Lift-off wordless books (Lilac band) ensure all children develop the essential early language skills for reading readiness. Everyone is excited about the football game between the Red Raiders and Brilliant Blues. It's time for kick-off, but the toddlers and dogs also want be involved in the game ? Who will you shout and cheer for?




Reading Planet - Bouncy Balloons - Lilac: Lift-off


Book Description

Lift-off wordless books (Lilac band) ensure all children develop the essential early language skills for reading readiness. How would you like to go to school each day? Follow the children as they imagine fun and exciting ways to travel to school, from bouncing on balloons to flying on a fantastic fish!




Reading Planet - Obi's Party - Lilac: Lift-off


Book Description

Lift-off wordless books (Lilac band) ensure all children develop the essential early language skills for reading readiness. Obi is having a party and all his friends are invited! The entertainer is trying very hard, but which of his tricks will actually make the children laugh? Join in with the fun and find out!




Reading Planet - In My Den - Lilac: Lift-off


Book Description

Lift-off wordless books (Lilac band) ensure all children develop the essential early language skills for reading readiness. It's fun to sit in a den and listen to the sounds outside! In this book, you will visit a lot of different dens in different places, such as the forest and by the sea. What sounds will you hear in each den?




Reading Planet - Goal! - Lilac: Lift-off


Book Description

Everyone is excited about the football game between the Red Raiders and Brilliant Blues. It's time for kick-off, but the toddlers and dogs also want be involved in the game ... Who will you shout and cheer for? Goal is part of the Lift-off range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Lift-off prepares young children for reading through beautiful wordless books for Lilac band that develop initial vocabulary and communication skills. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading Age 3-4.




I Spy a Skeleton


Book Description

Rhyming text invites readers to find objects hidden within the pictures.




Nineteen eighty-four


Book Description

This is a dystopian social science fiction novel and morality tale. The novel is set in the year 1984, a fictional future in which most of the world has been destroyed by unending war, constant government monitoring, historical revisionism, and propaganda. The totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party and known as Airstrip One, now includes Great Britain as a province. The Party uses the Thought Police to repress individuality and critical thought. Big Brother, the tyrannical ruler of Oceania, enjoys a strong personality cult that was created by the party's overzealous brainwashing methods. Winston Smith, the main character, is a hard-working and skilled member of the Ministry of Truth's Outer Party who secretly despises the Party and harbors rebellious fantasies.




The Extincts: Quest for the Unicorn Horn (The Extincts #1)


Book Description

A team of extinct animals embark on top-secret missions around the world in this new graphic novel series! Meet Scratch, Martie, Lug, and Quito, members of a secret organization called R.O.A.R., or the Rescue Ops Acquisition Rangers. When their boss, Dr. Z, finally calls on them for their first big mission, the team heads to Siberia to retrieve an ancient unicorn horn from the thawing permafrost. Scratch is thrilled at the chance to prove his worth to Dr. Z—but as soon as they land, the team runs into a mysterious enemy determined to take them down. With exciting missions, plenty of humor, and an environmental angle, this series starter from New York Times bestselling illustrator Scott Magoon is an action-packed adventure from start to finish. The book will also include nonfiction back matter about extinct animals, climate change, and what kids can do to help!




Leveled Books (K-8)


Book Description

For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.