I regularly rave about the Maverick Early Reader scheme as it had such a massive impact on my son’s reading journey. Written in natural English and book-banded in line with The Institute of Education’s banding system, these stories are entertaining, engaging and fabulously illustrated – just the ticket for encouraging children to read for pleasure…
We have been big fans of Maverick’s Early Reader book-banded scheme for a few years now, and so we were thrilled when the lovely Kate at Maverick asked if we would like to have a look at their new range: Maverick Chapter Readers. These books follow on from the Early Readers and have been banded…
Regular visitors to the blog will know that we are big fans of Maverick Arts Publishing’s Early Readers as they have had such a big impact on Hugo’s reading journey. Maverick has really invested in its reading scheme over the past 18 months or so and now has over 100 in the range. Up until…
As promised, here’s the second half of our Maverick Early Readers review. If you want to find out more about Maverick’s fantastic Early Reader book-banded scheme, please check out our blog from earlier this week. If, however, you want to jump straight in and check out more new Early Readers, then scroll this way! Max…
Regular visitors to the blog will know that I am a huge fan of Maverick’s Early Reader books. They are everything book-banded reading schemes should be (but are so often not…): full of entertaining, boldly-illustrated and inclusive stories, which not only help children to learn to read, but more importantly encourage reading for pleasure right…
Regular readers will recall that I blogged about the brilliant Maverick Early Readers in November last year (here). My son – Hugo – is notoriously picky when it comes to reading: he is completely turned-off by school readers, predominantly due to their relatively lacklustre content and formulaic text, and is only interested in books that…
At Christmas, it can often be a struggle to encourage those learning to read to keep at it during the school holidays, particularly if they are not fond of school readers. You might find, however, that these books help. The North Police series has been aligned to the book-banded system: the books are marked as…
If, like me, you have a young child who is bored of school reading books, you’ll know it’s not always easy to find alternatives that match their reading ability. You might find, however, that a new range of Early Readers, published by Maverick Arts Publishing, solves your problems! Maverick have taken fun, interesting picture books…
Whatever school your young child attends, most teachers plead with parents to keep their child/ren reading over the Summer holidays to prevent ‘reading slide’. While there are plenty of books out there for those who have been reading for at least a couple of years, there are not that many readily available for those children…
‘You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose .’ Dr Seuss was born on 2 March 1904, so I thought today would be a good day to celebrate his work. Very early on when our daughter was learning to read (ie, during Reception),…