Synopsis: A small and cozy book leaving preschoolers snug as a bug, from award-winning author, Joy Cowley. The tiny woman makes a coat of leaves with the help of her animal friends. The trees, geese, porcupine, horse and plants all share something so the tiny woman can snip, snip, snip and stitch, stitch, stitch a coat to keep herself warm. Friendship and sharing are at the heart of this warm and simple rhythmic poem by one of the world’s best children…

Synopsis: Joan picks vegetables in her garden. Joan picks fruit in her garden. Will she eat them?

Synopsis: You can find things at the beach. It is good to leave them at the beach.

Synopsis: Where there are bears there is probably honey. This story shows some bears on a honey hunting trip - but the bees were not happy about it and chased the bears home.

Synopsis: Shows some of the animals which can live in a city - from cats and rats to monkeys.

Synopsis: Reading Level: 2; Colour Wheel: Magenta. Sails Literacy Series - developed by leading New Zealand educationalists and authors Jill Eggleton and Jo Windsor. The Sails Literacy Series is the perfect resource for Guided Reading and Writing, Reciprocal Reading and Independent Reading. The engaging visuals and subjects will motivate your students to read for pleasure and for information. At the Emergent level, opportunity is provided for children to…

Synopsis: Reading Level: 4; Colour Wheel: Red. Sails Literacy Series - developed by leading New Zealand educationalists and authors Jill Eggleton and Jo Windsor. The Sails Literacy Series is the perfect resource for Guided Reading and Writing, Reciprocal Reading and Independent Reading. The engaging visuals and subjects will motivate your students to read for pleasure and for information. Early Series: Throughout Levels Early 1-4, high frequency words…

Synopsis: Reading Level: 7; Colour Wheel: Yellow. Sails Literacy Series - developed by leading New Zealand educationalists and authors Jill Eggleton and Jo Windsor. The Sails Literacy Series is the perfect resource for Guided Reading and Writing, Reciprocal Reading and Independent Reading. The engaging visuals and subjects will motivate your students to read for pleasure and for information. Early Series: Throughout Levels Early 1-4, high frequency words…

Synopsis: Reading Level: 11; Colour Wheel: Blue. Sails Literacy Series - developed by leading New Zealand educationalists and authors Jill Eggleton and Jo Windsor. The Sails Literacy Series is the perfect resource for Guided Reading and Writing, Reciprocal Reading and Independent Reading. The engaging visuals and subjects will motivate your students to read for pleasure and for information. Early Series: Throughout Levels Early 1-4, high frequency words…

Synopsis: Annotation. Introduce young readers to high-frequency words and phrases with First Wave. The 96 titles across three sets feature consistent structure to support your students as they move from simple captions to more complex sentences. There are up to four titles for each high-frequency word or phrase, making First Wave ideal for class use and take-home reading programs. Each title features: Clear usage of high-frequency words, which encourages…

Synopsis: Sailing Solo develops independent readers and extends and improves comprehension and analytical thinking skills. It is the ideal support to the Sails Guided Reading series. Sailing Solo has been designed to: navigate Early primary students from Guided Reading to Independent Reading improve comprehension skills be used in the classroom and at home feature comic book format with cartoon images feature modern, high interest topics and interactive…

Synopsis: Under the Leaf is a humorous animal fantasy. First, Monkey is hot and finds shade under a leaf. He invites Lion, then Tiger, to join him, but when a mosquito arrives he stings the first three. In the end, the mosquito has the leaf to himself. The story is told through simple dialogue and narrative with numerous repeated language patterns. The story has a beginning, middle, end text structure. All the sentences are short and largely predictable.…

Synopsis: Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two

Synopsis: Have you been to a birthday party? Have you had a party for your birthday? Did you have lots of good things to eat? What do you do at a party?

Synopsis: Have you had a picnic? What things do you need for a picnic? The people in this family have everything that they need for a good picnic. Read about what happens at their picnic.

Synopsis: Do you like delicious food? Yum! What is your favorite food? Do you know where our food comes from?