A magical story to inspire beginner readers. Based on the principles of synthetic phonics, supports the "Letters and Sounds" programme used in thousands of UK primary schools. Child reads with an adult's support, and gains practice reading longer words and some more tricky spelling patterns. Fun puzzles test understanding, and provide opportunities for discussion and further reading practice.
This is Book 15 in the Very First Reading Series. See all Very First Reading books here.
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Fred never wanted to be an astronaut or drive a train when he grew up. Right from the beginning he knew he wanted to draw silly pictures for a living... and some decades later he's living the dream!
Since graduating from UWE Bristol in 1996, Fred now works mostly in children's books, illustrating several titles for Puffin and Usborne publishing, amongst
