Early Reader

New Early Readers brochure featuring 60 titles mail out with Teach Primary!

We have just prepared a new brochure including all 60 Early Reader titles which will be mailed out to 18,000 subscribers in the special literacy edition of Teach Primary over the summer! If you would like copies of the brochure or a PDF of it please get in touch. The next brochure will come out in 2019 with 100 titles including white and gold reading bands and non-fiction books. Read… Read More »New Early Readers brochure featuring 60 titles mail out with Teach Primary!

‘Perfect for home and school’: Pink band Early Reader gets a thumbs up from My Book Corner!

Our Early Readers are growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. Our latest fan is My Book Corner which recently reviewed pink band Early Reader Meg and Rat and Puff! Puff! Puff!Â by Cath Jones and illustrated by Adam Pryce. ‘These two stories come in one book, part of Maverickâ€™s Early Reader scheme. They are banded as Maverickâ€™s Book Band Pink, which is the first level in Maverickâ€™s scale of reading… Read More »‘Perfect for home and school’: Pink band Early Reader gets a thumbs up from My Book Corner!

My Book Corner gives top marks to Blue Band Early Reader The Smart Hat!

My Book Corner posted a fantastic review for blue band Early Reader The Smart Hat by Cath Jones and illustrated by Paul Nicholls: ‘I imagine that children who are reading this themselves, will really enjoy the story. Having worked in schools myself and sat with children listening to them read, I know only too well that some of the stories in early readers can be lacking. NotÂ The Smart HatÂ â€“ it… Read More »My Book Corner gives top marks to Blue Band Early Reader The Smart Hat!

‘A great first insight into the Stone Age’ Thumbs up for Purple Band Early Reader Stone Underpants

Tara Potter (Hickman) posted a wonderful review of purple band Early Reader Stone Underpants by Rebecca Lisle and illustrated by Richard Watson on her blog: ‘Children giggled at the title and continued giggling all the way to the end. This is a great first insight into the Stone Age and contains many useful comments on properties of different materials. Beautifully illustrated. Obviously, any book that mentions ‘bottoms’ is going to… Read More »‘A great first insight into the Stone Age’ Thumbs up for Purple Band Early Reader Stone Underpants

Look out for Cath Jones’ bookshop events coming to Kent and SW London!

Maverick author Cath Jones will be touring the bookshops of Kent and SW London this autumn reading from her new picture book Bonkers about Beetroot and Early Reader The Smart Hat and enjoying craft activities! Don’t miss an event near you: Wed 13th September, 10.30am The Sheen Bookshop, 375 Upper Richmond Road SW14 7NZ. The Smart Hat. Reading followed by hat making. Monday 23rd October, 3.00 pm, Waterstones Canterbury, 6-8… Read More »Look out for Cath Jones’ bookshop events coming to Kent and SW London!

‘Simple, but also simply fun’ The Bookbag’s wonderful review for Early Reader Cool Duck and Lots of Hats!

The Bookbag recently published a great review of pink band Early Reader Cool Duck and Lots of Hats by Elizabeth Dale and illustrated by Giusi Capizzi. Thanks, Sam! ‘Although incredibly simple, Dale’s stories are also a little daft so they are still fun. Capizzi is able to capture this sense of lightness in the drawings. This makes a book that could have felt like my first academic text, actually feel… Read More »‘Simple, but also simply fun’ The Bookbag’s wonderful review for Early Reader Cool Duck and Lots of Hats!

Another 5 STAR review from The Bookbag for Early Reader Bam-Boo and I Wish!

We are thrilled that another 5 star review has just come out for red banded Early Reader Bam-Boo and I Wish by Alice Hemming and illustrated by Julia Seal! ‘The illustrations in the book support the story perfectly. Panda is very cute, and all the colours are bright and attractive. You can use the pictures too for figuring out what’s happening in the story, if you get a bit stuck.… Read More »Another 5 STAR review from The Bookbag for Early Reader Bam-Boo and I Wish!