With a focus on building phonics skills, this collection includes twelve fun stories with colourful illustrations. It is ideal for children who are taking their first steps in reading. Discover what life is like being small with Bob Bug, find out if Top Cat becomes king of the garden and learn how to make tasty buns! Tips for reading together explain the sounds that each story focuses on and identify any words children may find tricky, helping you to get the most out of the collection. Former Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, has captivated children all over the world with her lively and engaging stories. Songbirds is a phonics programme carefully created by Julia to support children who are learning to read and is used in schools to inspire a love of reading. There are eight Songbirds story collections for you to enjoy. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!

 

This book is part of a book series called Read With Oxford .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Oxford University Press .

Alan Marks is widely published and has illustrated many books. He is also a 'Smarties Prize' prize winner. Julia Donaldson is a former Children's Laureate and the author of the internationally bestselling book The Gruffalo, as well as numerous other popular titles. Nicola Baxter has written and developed over 300 children's titles for international publishers, and loves the way that words and pictures work togethers. Pauline Siewart is a renowned artist who has illustrated many popular children's books. Judy Brown is an illustrator of picture books and younger fiction. This is her first novel and begins a series featuring Portia. Judy is married with two children and lives in South London. JOELLE DREIDEMY has drawn and painted for as long as she can remember. After graduating from the prestigous Emile Cohl School she moved to Paris, where she now illustrates for English, American, French and Korean publishers. Deobrah Allwright is an exceptional talent, and the acclaimed illustrator of the best-selling THE NIGHT PIRATES and SHE'LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN. Deborah has been a full-time illustrator for 8 years and lives and works in North London Jenny Williams is a well-known children's illustrator. She lives in Wales.