Blog posts tagged with 'ladybird'

Books for Early Readers

There is a fantastic selection of books suitable for junior and senior infant children learning to read, the Jolly Phonics which is thought in many schools have workbooks, story books, a CD and a DVD, all of which are really helpful for the children as they get to practice in the same way as they are learning in school. These books are brillaint for encouraging and giving children confidence as they start reading and recognising letters and words.

Then once they move onto starting to read, there is a lot of choice in books which are really great for starting to read. Julia Donaldson`s Songbird books are brilliant, they are done in stages 1 to 6 and each book contains 6 stories for that level.  Ladybird Key Words with Peter and Jane are still hugely popular today and also the Read it Youself range of books are fantastic and they are done in levels too to help children progress their reading.

Once children build their confidence, there are other great books which alot of authors have brought out called a "Lets Read!" version of the books they have, Julia Donaldson has a good few in her range, other titles include: Marcello Mouse, The Shark in the Dark, Dinosaur Sleepover, Hamiltons Hats, The princess and the Pig, The Princess and the Wizard, Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, A Squash and a Squeeze, The Gruffalo`s Child and many more.

The Complete Original story of these books have been re designed to support children who are growing in reading confidence, they encourage children to become enthusiastic, independent readers.

Another range of books are the "Early Reader", these are great for 6/7/8 year olds, many authors have created books in this version, there is a good selection in the Horrid Henry, Moody Margaret and Rainbow Magic books.

All of these books are specifically written to encourage and strengthen childrens reading skills and give them confidence when reading, they will also help them to enjoy their books and hopefully encourage them to read more and more and learn to love reading. 

http://www.childrensbooks.ie/jolly-readers

Jolly Phonics 

http://www.childrensbooks.ie/julia-donaldson-

Songbird Books and Lets Read!

http://www.childrensbooks.ie/simon-francesca

Horrid Henry Early Readers and Judy Moody

Ladybird Books

As a parent, supporting and encouraging your child’s reading development is hugely rewarding for both of you and one way to do this is to read together at home. This is where the Read it yourself with Ladybird series can help as choosing books from a series with a levelling system will help you find books that match your child’s reading skill and encourage further reading. 

Ladybird Books is a London based publishing company, publishing childrens books, trading as a stand-alone imprint within the Penguin Group of companies. Around 1915, was when they published their first children's books, under the Ladybird imprint. From the start, the company was identified by a ladybird logo, at first with open wings, but eventually changed to the more familiar closed-wing ladybird in the late 1950s. The ladybird logo has since undergone several redesigns, the latest of which was launched in 2006.

In the 1960s and 1970s the company's key words scheme was heavily used by British primary schools using a reduced vocabulary to help children learn to read.

In the 1960s, Ladybird produced the Learnabout series of non-fiction (informational) books, some of which were used by adults as well as children.

Today ladybird is as popular as in the past and helping children through the key words and read it yourself to progress in their reading skills. Children find the books enjoyable as they move from one level to the next level as their reading improves.

These are great books to read to children also, as there are lovely bright pictures to go with each story, therefore can be enjoyed by younger preschool children too.  Ladybird have all the classics as well as much more to choose from.