Books with author Jennifer Johnston

Saffron The Seal, by Fast Flash Books is a Level D children's book for emergent readers. This book includes a word match game in the back to further aid in learning and retention of the words. To view the entire book collection please visit http://www.FastFlashBooks.com or call 512-720-1234 with questions. Fast Flash Books are designed to make it as easy as possible to read, memorize and comprehend. The books use large text in 50 point plus type to help children that need large words to learn to read. Often young readers that do not have completely formed vision, children who have poor eyesight or children with special needs need larger type to learn to read. Bold, LARGE text also helps with right-brain memorization. For children who have special needs, learning to read early using right-brain memorization can dramatically help with speech. The more words and images they can recognize early, will help to form brain pathways and stimulate further learning. After a child has acquired a good vocabulary of 100-150 words, they can focus on learning phonics, which are also very important. The large text books are perfect for a classroom setting during story time, when teachers read out loud in class, so the children can see the text from the last row. Using these books with high repetition and a lot of praise will start your child in the right direction to enjoy a lifetime of reading! No matter what learning difficulty or special need your child has (Down Syndrome, Autism, DiGeorge, ADHD, ocular issues, dyslexia, cross dominance, Cerebral Palsy, etc..) keep giving your child lots of input with high repetition to help create brain pathways and retention of information. Directions: When you are reading the book make sure you are in a quiet place. Use your finger to track under each word. The flash cards should be read very quickly. Do not ever quiz your child. Make this time really fun and encouraging. Next when your child is ready play the Word Match Game. If your child is older or if your young child begins recognizing some of the words they may be ready to play the Word Match Game. You must first either make a photo copy of the Word Match cards or cut out the pages in the book. Next cut the page with the dotted lines. Then hand a word to your child and ask them to match the word to the board page. http://www.FastFlashBooks.com

Whitbread Literary Award-winning novelist Jennifer Johnston's story of two young Irish men, whose defiant friendship spans class and, later, rank at the onset of World War I. Born to an aristocratic family on an estate outside of Dublin, Alexander Moore feels the constraints of his position most acutely in his friendship with Jerry Crowe, a Catholic laborer in town. Jerry is one of the few bright spots in Alec's otherwise troubled life. The boys bond over their love of swimming and horses, despite the admonitions of Alec's cold and overbearing mother, who scolds her son for venturing outside of his class. When the Great War begins, he seizes the opportunity to escape his overbearing mother and taciturn father, and enlists in the British army. Jerry, too, enlists - not out of loyalty to Britain, but to prepare himself for the Republican cause. Stationed in Flanders, the young men are reunited and find that, while encamped in the trenches, their commonalities are what help them survive. Now a lieutenant and an officer, Alec and Jerry again find their friendship under assault, this time from the rigid Major Glendinning, whose unyielding adherence to rank leads the two men toward a harrowing impasse that will change their lives forever.

Grandma Mack Loves To Walk On The Track, by Fast Flash Books is a Level C children's book for beginning readers. This book includes a word match game in the back to further aid in learning and retention of the words. To view the entire book collection please visit http://www.FastFlashBooks.com or call 512-720-1234 with questions.Fast Flash Books are designed to make it as easy as possible to read, memorize and comprehend. The books use large text in 50 point plus type to help children that need large words to learn to read. Often young readers that do not have completely formed vision, children who have poor eyesight or children with special needs need larger type to learn to read.Bold, LARGE text also helps with right-brain memorization. For children who have special needs, learning to read early using right-brain memorization can dramatically help with speech. The more words and images they can recognize early, will help to form brain pathways and stimulate further learning. After a child has acquired a good vocabulary of 100-150 words, they can focus on learning phonics, which are also very important.The large text books are perfect for a classroom setting during story time, when teachers read out loud in class, so the children can see the text from the last row.Using these books with high repetition and a lot of praise will start your child in the right direction to enjoy a lifetime of reading!No matter what learning difficulty or special need your child has (Down Syndrome, Autism, DiGeorge, ADHD, ocular issues, dyslexia, cross dominance, Cerebral Palsy, etc..) keep giving your child lots of input with high repetition to help create brain pathways and retention of information.Directions: When you are reading the book make sure you are in a quiet place. Use your finger to track under each word. The flash cards should be read very quickly. Do not ever quiz your child. Make this time really fun and encouraging. Next when your child is ready play the Word Match Game. If your child is older or if your young child begins recognizing some of the words they may be ready to play the Word Match Game. You must first either make a photo copy of the Word Match cards or cut out the pages in the book. Next cut the page with the dotted lines. Then hand a word to your child and ask them to match the word to the board page. http://www.FastFlashBooks.com