Early Years books

Early Years Books - start your child on their reading journey

Children's books with Christian values

"Reading depends on prediction"

Professor Frank Smith (2004) in his book Understanding Reading (6th Edition)

The Barney the cat books have been carefully designed to promote prediction skills for beginner readers.

Scroll down for the Dinosaur books and Freddie the fireman books

Barney the cat

A series of six books for preschool children:

Barney the white cat

Barney the brave cat

Barney the copy cat

Barney the cold cat

Barney the clean cat

Barney the hungry cat

Barney explores in the house, the garden, the zoo and a farm, getting up to mischief. Full-colour illustrations throughout. These entertaining picture books support the development of predictive reading, an essential skill for beginning readers. They each have their own unpredictable and amusing ending.

Barney the cat

Dinosaur early reading books. These books include teaching resources

Stanley the stegosaurus

This is the first of five 'dinosaur' early reading books. These books are intended to follow on from the initial word recognition games in the book 'Learning to Read is Child's Play'. They are designed to enable the transition from single-word identification to reading in connected text using simple sentences.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 69 2 Price £14.00

Berty the brontosaurus

This is the second of five 'dinosaur' early reading books. These books are intended to follow on from the initial word recognition games in the book 'Learning to Read is Child's Play'. They are designed to enable the transition from single-word identification to reading in connected text using simple sentences.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 70 8 Price £14.00

Stanley is going to play

This is the third of five 'dinosaur' early reading books. These books are intended to follow on from the initial word recognition games in the book 'Learning to Read is Child's Play'. They are designed to enable the transition from single-word identification to reading in connected text using simple sentences.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 71 5 Price £14.00

Splash!

Stanley is in the water

This is the fourth of five 'dinosaur' early reading books. These books are designed to enable the transition from single-word identification to reading in connected text using simple sentences.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 72 2 Price £14.00

Stanley and the bucket

This is the fifth of five 'dinosaur' early reading books. These books are designed to enable the transition from single-word identification to reading in connected text using simple sentences.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 723 9 Price £14.00

See inside...

Kaiyo books - exploring feelings and emotion

Kaiyo learns to say sorry

The first book in a new series for preschool children exploring feelings and emotions. In this book Kaiyo learns about saying sorry and how it is better for everyone. Ideal for Early Years settings and for group discussion.

Full-colour illustrations throughout.

ISBN 978 1 8380028 0 0 £ 14.00

Comments from Professor Tracey Bywater

The book is nicely illustrated and I understand that it forms a discussion piece and therefore does not include more context such as why mummy is angry. I assume this is what will be discussed with toddlers. It is important that nursery workers are able to discuss feelings in a non-judgemental way with toddlers.

Kaiyo learns to forgive

The second book in a new series for preschool children exploring feelings and emotions. In this book Kaiyo learns about forgiveness and how it is better for everyone. Ideal for Early Years settings and for group discussion.

Full-colour illustrations throughout.

ISBN 978 1 913946 64 7 £ 14.00

See inside...

Can we go out to play?

by R M Price-Mohr

It is raining and the children in kindergarten can't go out to play. Their toy pirate ship has been condemned and roped off as unsafe to play on. Instead, the children invent a game of imagining the most amazing children's playground, with a giant swing, a giant roundabout, a giant climbing frame, and of course a fantastical pirate ship.

The children in the story make up or combine known words to give fantastical names to their imagined ideas. This word play will strengthen children's understanding of how written language works and how much fun it can be to make up your own words.

ISBN: 978 1 916945 08 1 Price £12.00 (Paperback)

ISBN: 978 1 916945 09 8 Price £29.00 (Hardback)

See inside...

Freddie the fireman books

Home

This is Freddie

This book is the first in a series of five books about Freddie, a fireman, and his friends. These books can be 'read to' books for preschool children or 'read with' for beginner readers.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 79 1 Price £6.00

Freddie meets Andy

This book is the second in a series of five books about Freddie, a fireman, and his friends. In this book, Freddie meets Andy who drives an ambulance. These books can be 'read to' books for preschool children or 'read with' for beginner readers.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 80 7 Price £6.00

Freddie needs help

This book is the third in a series of five books about Freddie, a fireman, and his friends. In this book, Freddie needs the help of Dave who drives a digger. These books can be 'read to' books for preschool children or 'read with' for beginner readers.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 81 4 Price £6.00

Freddie at the fair

This book is the fourth in a series of five books about Freddie, a fireman, and his friends. In this book, Freddie needs the help of Polina who drives a police car. These books can be 'read to' books for preschool children or 'read with' for beginner readers.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 82 1 Price £6.00

Freddie at the building site

This book is the fifth in a series of five books about Freddie, a fireman, and his friends. In this book, Freddie goes to the help of Tom who drives a truck. These books can be 'read to' books for preschool children or 'read with' for beginner readers.

ISBN: 978 1 913946 82 1 Price £6.00

See inside...