Books with author Jane Wilson

A camp mystery for learning to read! Your 5-7 year old child will be reading a simple chapter book with 1-3 syllable words with all five short vowel sounds like “fishing” and “fantastic”. This vocabulary builds on the decodable words in previous books by Jane Wilson, or is great practice for kids reading at about a first grade level. By the time your child has read the books in this series, she will also have had practice with over half of the two hundred most commonly used printed words. While this book is about kids at summer camp, a mystery builds as pranks seem to be occurring. “Who Did That?” Color-coding breaks the multi-syllable words into the parts your child has been reading, gradually adding skills for reading longer words. Parent tips include reading comprehension questions including opportunities for your child to predict what will happen next. Discussion of character qualities includes responsibility and sportsmanship. Also included in this book are many games to help your child sound out words and other fun parent-child activities. Enjoy!

Have fun introducing your beginning reader to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln with this easy to read, parent interaction book. Great for Presidents Day or anytime, this book includes fun facts, patriotic activities, values, internet resources, and phonics games. Give your child anchors for learning American History by building background knowledge about these two important presidents. Also enjoy multi-age learning activities for the whole family! Teachers, check out this great resource!

This may be the first book your 4-6 year-old child reads independently. Your child will begin reading stories with 3-4 letter words with the short “a” sound like in the word “cat”. Your child probably knows the sounds of many letters from seeing words in familiar places and has listened to stories with rhyming words. This book will help your child make the transition to reading stories independently. While they do not have illustrations, they will help your child focus on the process of reading, learning to get meaning from the printed words. The vocabulary focuses on decodable words with rhyming patterns, so your child can experience early success and continue to build skills in a gradual manner. These stories will also help your child “make a movie in his head,” which is a strategy that readers use to remember and enjoy what they read. Also included in this book are games to help your child sound out words. As you watched your child take his first steps, now you can be there for his first steps of reading. Enjoy!

“Alice didn’t want to be mean to Josh, but she didn’t feel like talking. She needed time to think. She had to get the Second Stone. Too many people had died for her to give up now: Jess, probably Gawain, maybe even Isolde. She had left her two friends fighting to the death at the crater and at least one of them had to be dead. And she still wasn’t sure who had betrayed her. All the evidence pointed to Gawain – but was it really true?”Alice’s quest for the Second Stone has failed. Back in Melbourne once more, and staying in the home of her enemy Adrian Winter, Josh is her only ally in trying to outwit Adrian and return the Stone to its rightful place in Skellstor. Without it, she’ll never be able to get Toby home. Daunted but not giving up, Alice takes heart when Isolde appears and delivers a message. And when Josh begins to remember what happened to him in Middengard, Alice takes the dangerous step of taking him with her into the Weald. Soon she’s playing a dangerous game of catch me if you can, with Adrian and Mathilde in pursuit as Alice faces her biggest challenge yet – an audience with Freya.As Alice finally learns about her destiny, Toby and Iris continue in the battle against powerful new enemies. As Skellstor faces a siege that threatens to destroy the White City and all within its walls, the only question is, will Alice arrive in time to save them?The third book of the Middengard Sagas, Stone Wielder, brings all your favourite characters together for the final battle against Adrian and Mathilde. But this time it’s not just a battle for Middengard, but for the human world too.

Alice, Toby and Josh are safely back in Melbourne, leading a normal life. Middengard is celebrating the start of a new golden age. So when Alice's father suddenly appears at Toby's running championships, Alice knows something is wrong. She is shocked when he asks her to do the unthinkable: travel back in time. Meanwhile, Orla and Ellie set off for the mysterious Vale of Tears, to close a rift between worlds that threatens both humans and Hilderinc alike.Join all your favourite characters in this new Middengard epic, as they prepare to face their most dangerous enemy yet.

This Christmas Activity book may be the first book your 4-6 year-old child reads independently. Your child probably knows the sounds of many letters from seeing words in familiar places and has listened to stories with rhyming words. This book will help your child make the transition to reading independently. While it does not have illustrations, it will help your child focus on the process of reading, learning to get meaning from the printed words. The vocabulary is based on 3-4 letter words using the short "a" sound, so your child can experience early success in reading. This book will also help your child use her imagination to picture multi-meaning word possibilities and promote parent-child interaction in the reading process. Also included in this book are holiday games to help your child sound out words. As you watched your child take her first steps, now you can be there for her first steps of reading. Enjoy!

Your 4-6 year old child will begin reading stories with 3-6 letter words with all five short vowel sounds like in the words “rush” and “chicks”. While they do not have illustrations, like most chapter books, your child can focus on the process of reading and have a real sense of success. These stories follow-up the vocabulary from the short “a” books of Zat and Nat-2 Cats or Santa’s Bag and the short "i" book Can You Dig It?, also by Jane Wilson. This vocabulary focuses on decodable words with rhyming patterns, so your child can continue to build skills in a gradual manner. Also included in this book are many games to help your child sound out words and fun parent-child activities. Enjoy!

Fun stories for learning to read! Your 4-6 year old child will be reading stories with 3-8 letter words with all five short vowel sounds, blends, and some compound words, words like “kickball ” and “string”. This vocabulary focuses on decodable words with rhyming patterns, so your child can continue to build skills in a gradual manner. These stories follow-up the vocabulary from other books by Jane Wilson, Zat and Nat-2 Cats, Santa’s Bag, Can You Dig It?, and Can You Fix It? By the time your child has read these books, he will also have had practice with about half of the two hundred most commonly used printed words. While these books do not have illustrations, similar to most chapter books, your child can focus on the process of reading and have a real sense of success. When pictures are used at this stage, children can become dependent on them and memorize the words rather than using the letter/sound relationships that are so critical for building reading skills. Parent notes include opportunities to discuss character qualities of responsibility and respect. Also included in this book are many games to help your child sound out words and fun parent-child activities. Enjoy!