Songbirds Phonics: Gran is Cross

The twins go to visit Gran and her black cat. But they bring a none-too-welcome visitor: Fred’s frog! A delightfully simple and vibrant first phonics story brimming with dynamic language, written by the much-loved author of The Gruffalo. Now children can experience all the joy of a great story while they practise common letter sounds and consonant clusters.

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    Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best loved authors, known for brilliant picture books like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.

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    Julia has won many major book prizes, including the Smarties and Blue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm. Julia was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.

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