"Can Drake play a trick to escape from Snake?" -- Back cover.

Songbirds stories are beautifully written, lively and fully decodable. The stories are based on synthetic phonics, assisting in the development of reading skills in the early primary years.Fantastic breadth of storylines, rhyme, rhythm and genres.Systematic structure and levelling to guarantee progress.A wide range of illustration styles brings each story to life.Levelled to Oxford stages of the reader for easy classroom management.

Julia Donaldson enchante les enfants grâce à ses histoires envoûtantes et à ses personnages attachants, comme son célèbre Gruffalo. Les trois comptines de cet album ont pour vocation d'aider les enfants à mémoriser les sonorités les plus récurrentes de la langue anglaises afin de faciliter leur apprentissage. Ces comptines sont progressives et s'appuient sur une certaine récurrence des sons étudiés.

Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated stories written by best-selling author Julia Donaldson. The series contains a variety of storylines, rhyme, rhythm and genre ensuring there is something for every child to enjoy. The rich, patterned language inthe stories is decodable making them perfect for children to practise their phonics. Songbirds Phonics can be used as a complete phonics programme, or the individual books can be used for phonics practice alongside any other phonics programme.Level 4 Songbirds Phonics books focus on different spelling patterns for the long vowel sounds ee as in tree, ie as in tie, oa as in boat and ai as in train. This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: Queen Anneena's Feast, Spike Says, The Wrong Kind of Knight, Moan, Moan, Moan!, The Snake and theDrake, Tadpoles.Each book contains inside cover notes to support parents/carers with their children's phonics practice and comprehension.

Songbirds is a new Phonics series from Oxford Reading Tree. It comprises real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffulo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories are phonic stories that support the latest curriculum developments. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds provide:* fully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 36 books over 6 stages* opportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends* lively illustrations by a variety of artists* flexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching* an exciting interactive CD-Rom to accompany Stages 4-6Stage 4 titles practise the long vowel sounds: * Queen Anneena's Feast - ee ea y e * Spike Says - igh y ie i-e i* The Wrong Kind of Knight - ee ea y e, igh y ie i-e i* Moan, Moan, Moan - oa ow o-e o* The Snake and the Drake - ai ay a-e a* Tadpoles - ee ea y e, i-e i, ow o-e o, ai ay a-e a

In The Wrong Kind of Knight Nasim the knight likes reading, writing and knitting. Can he fight the dragon? Level 4 Songbirds Phonics books focus on different spelling patterns for the long vowel sounds ee as in tree, ie as in tie, oa as in boat and ai as in train. The focus phonics in this book are ee as in tree, ie as in tie, n as in not and r as in ran. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated stories written by best-selling author Julia Donaldson. The series contains a variety of storylines, rhyme, rhythm and genre ensuring there is something for every child to enjoy. The rich, patterned language in the stories is decodable making them perfect for children to practise their phonics. Songbirds Phonics can be used as a complete phonics programme, or the individual books can be used for phonics practice alongside any other phonics programme. Each book contains inside cover notes to support parents/carers with their children's phonics practice and comprehension.