Books with author Marie Clay

These tests can be used with the new entrant or nonreader because the child is asked to help the examiner by pointing to certain features as the examiner reads. An Observation Survey presents the theoretical background, administration details, and scoring interpretation of the tests. Sand is a favourite diagnostic tool of reading teachers, and Stones was developed as an alternative.

In the tradition of Stephanie Barron and Jane Austen, Marilyn Clay’s Regency-set mystery novels are clean, wholesome, non-sexually explicit, and contain no strong language or violence.MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, Book One in Marilyn Clay's new Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series features clever, young Miss Juliette Abbott as sleuth. A former companion to a titled London lady, Miss Abbott has now agreed to serve as lady’s maid to one of the young ladies invited to the country estate of Morland Manor, each girl hoping to win the heart of the wealthy Morland heir. But nothing at the house party goes as planned and suddenly Juliette finds herself the number one suspect in a shocking murder! The only way to escape the muddle is to solve the mystery herself, otherwise she'll lose this position with a new geegaw tied around her neck, this one made of rope!“A fine Regency mystery brimming with suspense and intrigue, surprising twists and turns, and seasoned with a hint of romance. Witty and outspoken Juliette Abbott is a first-rate, fast-thinking young sleuth! Very well-done, indeed!” – Regency Mystery ReviewsOther titles in the Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery series are: MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER AT MARGATE and coming soon, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK.If you enjoy the cozy mysteries of Melanie Dickerson, Sheri Cobb South, Victoria Thompson, Ashley Gardner, Adele Clee, and Heidi Ashworth, you'll enjoy Marilyn Clay’s traditional, clean, sweet, and always amusing Regency-set novels. Suitable for teens and adults alike.NEW! THE WRONG MISS FAIRFAX, Marilyn Clay's newest Regency Romance is now available in print and Ebook. A pair of look-alike cousins lead a nobleman on a merry chase! If this confused lord can't figure it out, he just might propose to the wrong Miss Fairfax! Best-selling author Marilyn Clay's Regencies include Felicity’s Folly, Bewitching Lord Winterton, The Uppity Earl, Miss Eliza’s Gentleman Caller, Miss Darby's Debut, Brighton Beauty, A Pretty Puzzle, and The Unsuitable Suitor, all clean, wholesome Regency Romances suitable for teens and young adults. No strong language or graphic scenes.Look for DECEPTIONS: A Colonial Jamestown Historical Suspense Novel by Marilyn Clay set in the early 1600s, originally released in hardcover, and now available in Ebook. Catherine Parke travels to the New World in search of her betrothed, but what she finds in Jamestown is not at all what she expects. Praised by The Library Journal and Booklist.SECRETS AND LIES, also set in Colonial Jamestown, features some of the same characters who appear in DECEPTIONS. The inspirational story of four young English girls who travel to the New World on a Bride Ship, all searching for love, a new life and the adventure of a lifetime. What they find instead is that someone in Jamestown wants one, or all of them, dead! BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY by Marilyn Clay is set in 1776 Philadelphia. Determined to uncover who killed her beloved husband John Ross, Betsy is instead drawn into a dangerous underworld of spies and double spies. Historically accurate with vivid period details. Breath-takingly suspenseful! Available in print and Ebook.STALKING A KILLER, a contemporary murder mystery by Marilyn Clay, avilable in print and ebook. Aspiring PI Amanda Mason thinks she’d make a pretty good Private Investigator. Trouble is, she doesn’t own a cell phone or a computer and her old green Dodge only starts when it wants to. When the Pinehill PD suddenly charge her dad with murder, Amanda has to prove she’d make a VERY GOOD PI and solve the case fast, otherwise her dad is going to jail for life! This mystery keeps readers guessing to the last page!All of Marilyn Clay’s non-fiction titles, 18th and 19th ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA, A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET and three books on REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE have attained Best-Seller status on Amazon.For more information about the author, visit Marilyn Clay Author.

The million-selling resource for early literacy assessment, widely used around the word by classroom and specialist teachers and has been an invaluable resource for early literacy assessment for many years. The survey incorporates six tasks: Letter identification, Running Records, Word Reading, Concepts About Print, Writing Vocabulary, and Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words.

Part of the highly successful early intervention programme Reading Recovery for children experiencing reading and writing difficulties, this colourful reader has an extensive range of test materials to support the Concepts About Print task and develop children's reading readiness. The aim is at the end of the sessions, most of the struggling pupils will have caught up with their classmates and will read and write at a level appropriate for their age.