LITERACY

The Shades books offer fast-paced, shorter stories (just 64pp each) for older readers who may find longer books too daunting, but who still want the excitement of a great story told with pace and style. This great value pack includes 28 titles, with stories encompassing a range of genres such as horror, science fiction, historical fiction and straight modern teen tales. These are great quick reads, with topics to appeal to many different types of readers.

Interest Age: 12 - 18 Years old

Reading Age: 9 - 10 Years old

Dyslexia Friendly

Pages: 64pp

This pack includes the following titles:

Crime Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Funny Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Ghosts Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Sci-Fi Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Plague

Shouting at the Stars

Hunter's Moon

Who Cares?

Blitz

Hauntings

Mantrap

Coming in to Land

Life of the Party

Treachery by Night

Mind's Eye

Gateway from Hell

Cry, Baby

The Scream

Rising Tide

Stone Robbers

Fire!

Invasion

A Murder of Crows

The Messenger

Fighting Back

Tears of a Friend

Space Explorers

Four Degrees More

A series of uplifting, funny, warm, romantic, contemporary books from a variety of respected authors on topics that girls will relate to, with characters they relate to and enjoy. The upbeat stories feature everyday life, friendship and love from a range of perspectives and cultures.

The stories are designed for girls from ages 12 through to Young Adult who have a reading age of 6 - 8. This allows readers to tackle age appropriate topics in a clear way while improving literacy skills. The language levels have all been carefully designed to make for accessible reads, without losing any of the joy of a good read. In all cases the content is appropriate for inclusion in any school library.

Interest Age: 12 - 18 Years old

Reading Age: 6 - 8 Years old

Word count: 2,126 - 4,895

This pack includes the following titles:

Bad Boy

Ch@t

Forever

GamerHate

I [Heart] Glitter Boy

ILMFG (I Love My Friends Guy)

My Sister's Perfect Husband

Picture Him

Yasmin's Journey

Time to Live

This pack of 24 books contains fictionalised biographies of 21 fantastic football players and three of the world's best managers. Ransom's Tales from the Pitch series, is great for encouraging even the most reluctant reader. These books offer strong stories and lots of football.

Each of these fast-moving reads, focuses on one football superstar, many of them up-and-coming players who are yet to reach the summit of their career. From Erling Haaland to Lionel Messi, these biographies cover the full range of football both in Europe and beyond. The players are from all walks of life and have faced failure, injury and rejection, to ultimately make their dreams come true. So meet the fresh young talent behind the iconic tackles and goals and find out what makes each of these players so special.

Interest Age: 7 - 18 Years old

Reading Age: 9 - 10 Years old

This pack includes the following titles:

Felix

Gnabry

Haaland

Kane

Kante

Kelly

Lewandowski

Mahrez

Mbappe

Messi

Neymar

Pulisic

Rashford

Ronaldo

Saka

Salah

Sancho

Silva

Son

Sterling

Van Dijk

Guardiola

Klopp

Southgate

“Zone 13” is a high interest age, low reading age series covering the supernatural. These exciting action packed stories appeal to children with a love of the unexplained. The set includes the following titles:

The Shadow from the Past

Crawlers

Space Weeds

A nest of Aliens

Interest Age 8 – 14 years

Reading Age 8 – 9 years

This is a gripping and edgy reinvention of the vampire genre. Mixing the contemporary world of YouTube and smartphones with the centuries-old, traditional vampires of yesteryear, these must-read books have high appeal for both boys and girls.

Start with Die Now or Live Forever, then read the other books in any order. Follow these new young vampires as they struggle to cope with immortality and their craving for human blood. From Juliette modelling in Paris to rising music star Finn and would-be scientist Omar, they face tough challenges and deadly threats.

Interest Age: 12+ years

Reading Age: 9 years

Titles in the series are:

Die Now or Live Forever

Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Life Sucks

In Cold Blood

Dead on Arrival

Bloodsucking for Beginners

Every Drop of Your Blood

The Starchasers series is classic, fast paced, high action space adventures are perfect for children aged 8-14 who have a reading age of 8-9. The books follow the antics of the Starchasers - a team of freelance space adventurers who will take on just about any mission that's legal and earns good money.

The exciting plots and entertaining characters ensure Starchasers are classic, simple and rewarding reads for reluctant and struggling readers. Supported by superb black and white illustrations throughout, each story is approximately 2600 words long, with carefully controlled vocabulary and simple sentences that will help carry the reluctant reader from beginning to end.

Interest Age: 8 - 14 Years old

Reading Age: 8 - 9 Years old

In Jungle Planet the Starchasers are out of work and hard up for cash so they decide to explore the far reaches of space for a money-making opportunity. A planet covered in thick jungle grabs their attention so Suma and Finn take the lander down to get a closer look. Distracted by his virtual games helmet, Finn doesn't notice the jungle advancing until it's too late. The planet is alive with thick rubbery creepers and it has the lander in it's grips! It's up to Misha to land the Lightspinner and come to Finn and Suma's rescue. Can she negotiate the viscious vines? And will the jungle hold the treasures the Starchasers are searching for?

In The Planet of the Vampires the Starchasers are lost deep in space and Rob, their onboard computer is riddled with viruses. Without any of their controls working and only 24hrs of oxygen left, the team make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the Lightspinner is surrounded by menacing black cats howling in the night. When day comes the cats have disappeared and the team set about making repairs but minutes later Misha is gone. Can Finn and Suma rescue her from the grips of the planet's thirsty inhabitants? And how will they find the money to fix Rob and continue their space adventures?

The Breakouts pack contains eight titles, with stories ranging from shark attacks on an Australian beach, peril in the Himalayas, witches, ghosts and dystopian futures.

These are strong modern, adventurous stories for both boys and girls. This series offer a challenging read in terms of ideas and vocabulary but in a style and length that make them easier to read. These books are perfect for readers who have gained a bit more confidence in reading and who are after a more challenging read in terms of ideas and vocabulary but who aren't yet ready for longer, more demanding reads.

Interest Age: 9 - 13 years

Reading Age: 10 years

Titles in the series:

The Last Time I Died

Young Blood

The Witch's Daughter

Magpie

Dead in the Water

Strangers on a Plane

Peril in the Snow

In the Dark of Night

A trilogy of books in the Pick Your Path series. The books offers a fresh take on the traditional 'Choose your own adventure' format. These are short, strong, fast-moving stories, offering short, low-level texts. Every page requires the reader to choose the next course of action in the story. These are not just books; they are fully interactive adventures that will have the reader guessing and guessing - what happens next? The reader decides!

With strong, 'unbook-like' layouts, these black and white illustrated are perfect for building reading stamina: if the reader is 'killed' the first time, they can keep reading it until they find the route.

In Moon Unit an alien battlecraft attacks your lunar mining base.

In Ring Bearer a hoard of wraiths are after your ring - a sacred magical relic.

In Zombie Storm the zombies attack your burger van.

Interest Age: 11 to 16

Reading Age: 7 - 8

Note: some of the content of this book is not appropriate for readers under the age of eleven

Dark Man is a hugely successful series for teens and young adults with very low reading levels. The gritty and mysterious books grip readers even though the text is limited. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations entice even the most reluctant of teen readers. The dark tales have a 'grown-up' style which doesn't patronise the reader. Set Three provides a higher level of readers. The books can be read in any order and can be used just as great age appropriate reads for those new to the Dark Man or as progression from Sets One and Two.

This pack contains the third six books in the series: Killer in the Dark
Dying for the Dark
The Day is Dark
The Dark Candle
The Dark Machine
The Dark Words

High-interest reading material in a wide variety of genres, incorporating both fiction and nonfiction. Topics that link into key curricular themes in science, geography and history. Practice of comprehension strategies using questions pitched at the literal, inferential and applied levels. Focus on vocabulary and word study

Vocabulary and word study questions specifically linked into the reading piece. Constant repetition of question types to ensure continuous practice. Suggestions for additional speaking and listening, reading, writing and cross-curricular activities relating to each card and topic contained in a comprehensive teaching guide. Creates independent readers and promotes spelling, punctuation and grammar skills through text-based activities. Engage in station teaching and group work strategies

Reading cards that are colour-coded according to reading level and difficulty. Cards can be used in mixed-ability or same ability groupings within the classroom. Independent correcting scheme to encourage children to correct their own work, freeing up teacher's time to work with selected groups in the classroom. 'Something extra' section at the end of the cards to encourage writing and further reading responses. Flexible use within the classroom

What’s in the box?

Teachers Guide containing 200+ pages of teaching suggestions and photocopiable activities.

75 × four-page literacy cards

Page 1 – reading piece

Page 2 – comprehension practice

Page 3 – word study activities

Page 4 – grammar and punctuation questions

75 × answer cards

Set of mini books suitable for dyslexic or adult beginner readers.

“Pupils with spelling difficulties often experience problems accessing the curriculum and lose confidence with writing. The ACE Spelling Dictionary breaks through these problems, taking away the frustration of hunting through a conventional dictionary and actually improving users’ spellings through increasing their understanding of common spelling patterns and unusual features.

The Dictionary is designed for writers of all ages who need to check spellings, and is intended for use in educational settings and at home. The fourth edition of the ACE Spelling Dictionary has expanded user’s notes and thousands of new words, including more alternative spellings, plural forms and ‘sound-alike’ pairs and groups than before. The darker blue long vowel section makes it easy to open the book near the wanted page. It has an up-to-date vocabulary and provides full ‘how to use’ guidance for new and experienced users.

Using the unique ACE Spelling Index, users need only think about how a word sounds to find out how to spell it. By simply identifying the first vowel sound, the speller is directed to the page where the problem word is found. The easy-to-use reference system will tempt users to use more interesting words in their writing. Both spelling patterns and irregularities are highlighted in the dictionary so that pupils learn to spell incidentally.

Bring literacy to life with the Active Literacy Kit! Developed and designed by Dyslexia Action, the Active Literacy Kit has been carefully created for pupils who require additional support with reading and spelling, whether they are dyslexic or not.

The Active Literacy Kit includes 144 sound and picture cards, a teacher’s handbook, an exercise guide, placement assessments and an array of pupil books, as well as much more! Aimed at pupils of 7 years and over, this comprehensive resource creates a fantastic framework to support children with dyslexia and other literacy difficulties across the whole of Key Stage 2. The programme offers a super series of structured activities and timed exercises which strengthen phonological awareness and word recognition, building the foundational skills needed for fluent reading and spelling.

This highly practical activity workbook is linked to the core text How to Manage Spelling Successfully and has been designed to support dyslexic students practise the spelling strategies and methods recommended in that book.

This activity book can be used separately, or as part of an integrated programme for building students' spelling skills at home or at school. Suitable for mainstream classrooms, pupils undertaking additional literacy support in small groups, and for one-to-one teaching of individuals with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, this excellent resource contains activities suitable for use at different stages of development, and for use with adults as well as school students.

Each section contains a range of multi-sensory activities, including word searches, simple crossword puzzles and dictation exercises. This is an essential classroom companion for anyone helping struggling spellers

By author Philomena Ott

This Student’s Book contains the complete reading passages and exercises in the updated Alpha to Omega Teacher’s Handbook 6th Edition. Written specifically for students with dyslexia in association with Dyslexia Action. Along with the Alpha to Omega Teacher’s Handbook 6th Edition, this will be a core text for teachers being trained by Dyslexia Action, the only national dyslexia teaching body in the world.

This separate 136-page Student’s Book contains the complete reading passages and exercises featured in the Alpha to Omega Teacher’s Handbook 6th Edition. Provides students with an appropriate text size for reading. Carefully designed exercises help students develop their skills step-by-step. Saves teacher’s preparation time by taking away the need to photocopy their Teacher’s Handbook.

The Alpha to Omega Teacher's Handbook provides detailed lesson plans for each stage of the course. These are backed up with carefully devised exercises which take students step-by-step through the skills they are developing.

The 6th Edition of this popular resource has been updated by Dyslexia Action - the world's only national dyslexia teaching body - and retains all the successful features of the previous handbooks. Dyslexia Action are using this book as one of the core texts on their teacher training courses, so you can be confident that it can be used to develop the literacy skills of students with dyslexia.

This manual provides the theory and specific steps to develop concept imagery, the ability to image a gestalt (whole) from language. It describes the important questioning techniques that stimulate mental imagery, so the teacher can learn to help students visualize language and verbalize what they have imaged. This imagery-language connection is essential for oral and written language comprehension, as well as critical thinking.

The Visualizing and Verbalizing Manual includes sample lessons, step summaries, illustrations, and useful tips for implementing Visualizing and Verbalizing instruction. This second edition is updated and revised, offering more than 100 pages of new material.

Presents the theory and science behind concept imagery
Includes lessons and summaries to assist instructors
Contains diagrams, artwork, lists, and other teaching materials
Develops and improves critical thinking skills
Improves oral and written language comprehension

100% Comprehension using Fiction and Non-Fiction texts.

The Comprehension Box for 3rd-4th Class contains:

150 colourfully illustrated cards with texts covering a variety of genres and text types.

15 colour-coded sections.

Pupil Tracking Sheet Pad.

Questions on the back of each card.

Answer cards.

Scope and sequence chart.

A comprehensive Teachers Guide providing suggestions on how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies along with answers and pupil and teacher recording sheets.

Flexible use within the classroom

Pupils could be grouped according to reading level, work on the cards in a particular colour and then discuss and summarise what they have learned with their peers.

Capable, independent readers can work through the cards at their own pace, freeing up the teacher’s time to work intensively with different groups in the class.

Ideal for differentiation.

Teachers can easily assign the colour-coded cards to each pupil’s reading level.

Ten cards in each colour-coded section ensure that pupils practise comprehension strategies using a variety of texts and comprehension activities.

Each colour-coded section gradually increases in reading difficulty, leading to constant progression.

Pupils working on the same coloured section can alternate cards and engage in various station activities over ten lessons.

100% Comprehension using Fiction and Non-Fiction texts.

Flexible use within the classroom:

Pupils could be grouped according to reading level, work on the cards in a particular colour and then discuss and summarise what they have learned with their peers.

Capable, independent readers can work through the cards at their own pace, freeing up the teacher’s time to work intensively with different groups in the class.

Ideal for differentiation.

Teachers can easily assign the colour-coded cards to each pupil’s reading level.

Ten cards in each colour-coded section ensure that pupils practise comprehension strategies using a variety of texts and comprehension activities.

The Comprehension Boxfor 5th-6th Class contains:

150 colourfully illustrated cards with texts covering a variety of genres and text types.

15 colour-coded sections.

Pupil Tracking Sheet Pad.

Questions on the back of each card.

Answer cards.

Scope and sequence chart.

A comprehensive Teachers Guide providing suggestions on how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies along with answers and pupil and teacher recording sheets.

Spark discussions that will get all of your students talking.
Colourful 4cm soft foam cubes feature 36 engaging questions about students experiences and perspectives, including "Who is the bravest person you know?" and "What foods do you like?" Use in character development activities, brainstorming before writing, and to build oral language, social and listening skills.
Activity Guide included.

Dark Man is a hugely successful series for teens and young adults with very low reading levels. The gritty and mysterious books grip readers even though the text is limited. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations entice even the most reluctant of teen readers. The dark tales have a 'grown-up' style which doesn't patronise the reader. Set One is the lowest level of readers. The books can be read in any order, but across series the text offers some reading progression.

This pack contains the first six books in the series:
Dark Fire of Doom
Destiny in the Dark
The Dark Never Hides
Escape from the Dark
The Face in the Dark Mirror
Fear in the Dark

Dark Man is a hugely successful series for teens and young adults with very low reading levels. The gritty and mysterious books grip readers even though the text is limited. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations entice even the most reluctant of teen readers. The dark tales have a 'grown-up' style which doesn't patronise the reader. Set Two is at the same low level of readers as Set One. The books can be read in any order, but across series the text offers some reading progression.

This pack contains the second six books in the series:
The Dark Dreams of Hell
The Dark Side of Magic
Danger in the Dark
The Shadow in the Dark
The Dark Waters of Time
The Dark Glass

This Student Book is designed to improve students' functional grammar skills. It allows and encourages all students to grasp the fundamentals of grammar through humour, real world examples and a variety of activities.

It includes:
New engaging material and activities
Regular peer and self assessment so students take control of their learning
Accessible and manageable chucks of learning that can be dipped into where necessary
A striking design to aid motivation.

Readers will find this practical and comprehensive guide to spelling invaluable. Day-to-day advice on how to help those with difficulties is underpinned by information on the development of the English language and its spelling rules with explanations of common language problems.

Chapters cover:
Spelling processes
Teaching and learning phonics
Individual cognitive and learning styles
Assessing and monitoring spelling progress
Teaching strategies and techniques.


This is an essential companion for teachers, SENCos, and dyslexia specialists alike, as well as anyone interested in spelling and language difficulties. By author Philomena Ott.

Joyful Reading offers teachers a differentiated instructional approach for motivating students at varied levels to discover the rewards and delights of reading appropriately challenging books. Authored by Sally M. Reis, an acclaimed scholar of gifted and talented education, the book describes the Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading (SEM-R), an easy-to-implement program that encourages students to read independently for a period of time during the school day on books of their own choice while supporting them in learning comprehension strategies.

The program includes three phases:

A Book Hook component in which the teacher reads aloud from a high-interest book while engaging the class in critical thinking responses

A Supported Independent Reading component in which students are encouraged to select and read progressively challenging books while the teacher offers instruction through individualized confer-ences

A Special Interest component in which students engage in reading-enrichment activities

The SEM-R program has been shown by research to improve students' fluency and comprehension as well as their attitudes toward reading and is praised by teachers for getting students excited about books.
Jossey-Bass Teacher