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Sue Graves
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Experiences Matter: Giraffe Goes to the Doctor
Giraffe Goes to the Doctor offers a gentle introduction to the experience of visiting the doctor for young children. This funny, charming story is the…
Experiences Matter: Rhino Makes a Friend
Rhino Makes a Friend offers a gentle introduction to the experience of meeting new people for young children. This funny, charming story is the perfect…
Experiences Matter: Elephant Has a Brother
Elephant Has a Brother offers a gentle introduction to the experience of having a new sibling for young children. This funny, charming story is the…
Experiences Matter: Little Tiger Starts School
Little Tiger Starts School offers a gentle introduction to the experience of starting school for young children. This funny, charming story is the perfect way…
Behaviour Matters: Flamingo is Brave
Flamingo is Brave offers a gentle introduction to the concept of being brave and overcoming your fears for young children. This funny, charming story is…
Behaviour Matters: Koala Makes the Right Choice
Koala Makes the Right Choice offers a gentle introduction to the concepts of choice and consequence. This funny, charming story is the perfect way to…
Behaviour Matters: Sloth Gets Busy
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to the idea of being involved and the importance of helping others and…
Behaviour Matters: Llama Stops Teasing
Llama Stops Teasing offers a gentle introduction to the concept of teasing for young children. This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce…
Reading Champion: Dragon Dance
Ju-Long and Ting are spending New Year at their grandparents' house and will be watching the dragon dance at the village celebrations. Ju-Long adores dragons…
Reading Champion: Thin Ice
When friends Lenny and Ted take their bikes off to the woods on a cold, snowy day, Mum warns them to keep away from the…
Reading Champion: Androcles and the Lion
Androcles is a brave slave. One day he escapes from his master and hides in a cave, only for a terrifying Lion to come into…
Reading Champion: Lost!
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Reading Champion: Mary and the Great Fire of London
One dry, hot night in 1666, Mary was on her way home from the bakery where she worked in Pudding Lane, London. Later that night,…
Reading Champion: Sandy Cove Rescue
Jess and Spencer have been learning all about their local environment. When they go on a beach clean one Saturday, they are horrified to find…
Reading Champion: Lazy Jack
In this modern adaptation of an Old English story, Jack's mother orders her lazy son to find a job. But each job Jack tries seems…
Reading Champion: One of Our Tigers is Missing!
Ted and Ava love everything about tigers, and are excited to visit the safari park. When they discover that one of the tigers is missing,…
Reading Champion: Taj's Torch
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and…
Reading Champion: We Don't Eat This!
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and…
Reading Champion: Bob's Cab
It's getting very full in Bob's cab as he stops to pick up each passenger and their pet - will they all fit? Reading Champion…
Reading Champion: A Windy Day
In this story, a very windy day makes it too tricky to do all the farm jobs. Josh thinks it's time to get out the…
Reading Champion: Hold on to the Mat
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Reading Champion: A Hat for Gran
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and…
Reading Champion: I Like Red
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Reading Champion: I Like My Dad
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Reading Champion: Dad Gets the Cat
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Reading Champion: I Look Like Mum
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: Why Should I?: A book about respect
A gentle picture book that examines the issue of respect in a reassuring way - perfect for young children who struggle with respecting possessions, or…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: I Don't Want to Wait!: A book about patience
A gentle picture book that examines the issue of patience in a reassuring way - perfect for young children who struggle with waiting their turn.…
Behaviour Matters: Rhino Learns to be Polite - A book about good manners
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to being polite, and help them understand the importance of using nice manners.…
Behaviour Matters: Turtle Comes Out of Her Shell - A book about feeling shy
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to being brave when they feel shy and help them find ways to…
Behaviour Matters: Cheetah Learns to Play Nicely - A book about being a good sport
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to what fair play is, and help them understand the importance of being…
Behaviour Matters: Croc Needs to Wait - A book about patience
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to being patient, and help them understand the importance of waiting their turn.…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: I Want to Win! A book about being a good sport
A gentle picture book that examines the issues of competitiveness, frustration, patience and resilience in a reassuring way - perfect for young children who struggle…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: I Don't Want to Play Nicely: A book about being kind
A gentle picture book that examines the issues of selfishness, aggression and kindness in a reassuring way - perfect for young children who struggle with…
Reading Champion: The Big Box
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and…
Behaviour Matters: Elephant Learns to Share - A book about sharing
A lively picture book that examines the issue of not sharing in an amusing but reassuring way through animal characters - perfect for young children…
Behaviour Matters: Giraffe Is Left Out - A book about feeling bullied
This simple, engaging story is the perfect way to introduce young children to what bullying is, and help them become aware of how their behaviour…
Behaviour Matters: Hippo Owns Up - A book about telling the truth
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to what honesty is, and help them understand the importance of owning up…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: Not Fair, Won't Share - A book about sharing
Miss Clover has made a space station. Posy, Ben and Alfie must take turns to play with it. But Posy doesn't want to share, and…
Behaviour Matters: Monkey Needs to Listen - A book about paying attention
A lively picture book that examines the issue of not listening in an amusing but reassuring way through animal characters - perfect for young children…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: I Didn't Do It!: A book about telling the truth
Poppy doesn't always tell the truth at home. She doesn't always tell the truth at school either. Now she's getting other children into trouble. Can…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: I Hate Everything!: A book about feeling angry
Sam is having a bad day and nothing is going right. Dad is too busy to play with him, he doesn't like his lunch and…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: But What If? A book about feeling worried
Daisy is moving to a new house and a new school. She is worried. What if she doesn't like her new neighbours or teacher? What…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: Take a Deep Breath: A book about being brave
Josh doesn't like people looking at him and he's in the school play! Can Miss Button help him to be brave? And can Miss Button…
Our Emotions and Behaviour: But Why Can't I? - A book about rules
George thinks rules are silly. When Jenny comes to babysit, George refuses to keep to the rules. But that makes playing dangerous and not fun…
Tadpoles: Grandpa's Car
Grandpa and Alfie are off to the shops in Grandpa's car, but when Alfie sees the car, he would much rather get the bus ...…
Reading Corner: Poppy's Pancake Day
Mum isn't feeling well so Poppy and Dad decide to make some pancakes to cheer her up. But they haven't made pancakes before ...