This great-looking graded reading scheme will grip children's interest. Developed with literacy experts, the five-level series will guide young readers as they build confidence and fluency in their literacy skills and progress towards reading alone. LEVEL 1: BEGINNING TO READ Extent: 32pp, 10 to 20 words per page Text at level 1 consists of short and simple sentences, high-interest information, easy vocabulary with a high degree of phonic regularity and lots of repetition. Time introduces readers to the important everday concepts of day, night, morning, afternoon, minutes, hours, days, months and more.
Thea Feldman is the author of dozens of books for young children, including non-fiction and fiction titles for Disney and Animal Planet and the Kingfisher Readers series. She writes on a wide range of subjects, with natural history as one of her main areas of interest. She also writes about the practice of teaching reading.