Books with author Sue Graves

The red balloon flies up, up and away! Follow the balloon's journey over the captivating landscape of the rooftops, river, mountains and the sea in this simple non-fiction recount.• Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.• Text type - A simple non-fction recount.• The flow chart on pages 14 and 15 allows children to discuss and recap the balloon's journey.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Tom had to nap. . . but not on the bed, not in the cot, and not on the rug! Controlled vocabulary is expanded through each level as the texts get longer, from simple CVC words with short vowel sounds to trisyllabic and tricky words. Compiled in consultation with literacy experts: Dr. Barrie Wade and Dr. Hilary Minns. A simple puzzle encourages children to spot the rhyming words.

Bibs thrown out of a speeding car, rolling and landing in my yard. Sparkle thinks she is dead, she just laid there. Momma ran to her side, and she was alive. Momma brought her in the house and she survived.She is a fighter in more than one way. She is the Duchess from beyond. She is of the Netherworld Nobility. Probably from Royalty. She is a Beyonder. But she is a brat rat cat. Sweet for one minute. Crazy and fighting the next. She growls at company. Her personality can change in a flash. She bounces off the walls. Then she wants to be loved. In a flash she bites and claws. She is truly: Bibs, The Brat, Rat, Cat!