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‘Kid tested, teacher approved 5 stars!’ Book Addict samples some of our Early Readers publishing this month!

Book Addict has posted some lovely reviews, including from pupil readers, for four of the ten Early Readers we are publishing this month: ‘A lovely story with eye-catching illustrations, The Freezosaurus will appeal to dinosaur lovers everywhere. Mahdi, age 8 says: When I read the first sentences, it started to hook me in.  I wanted to know what was going to happen to Freddie and Frozo.  I loved it so… Read More »‘Kid tested, teacher approved 5 stars!’ Book Addict samples some of our Early Readers publishing this month!

10 more higher band Early Readers coming in November!

We are excited to announce that 10 more Early Readers in the higher green, orange, gold and white bands will be publishing on the 28th November. This brings the reading scheme up to 70 titles which will grow further to 100 titles in 2019! You can see all of the books in the scheme on our new dedicated site www.maverickearlyreaders.com and there are free downloadable activity packs and audio assistance… Read More »10 more higher band Early Readers coming in November!

Encouraging Early Readers

Have you seen Maverick Early Reader author Clare Helen Welsh‘s piece on young readers for International Literacy Day in I am in Print? ‘In this post, I have tried to unpick the challenges that young readers face regarding reading and offer some tips using my experience as an EYFS teacher, as an author and as a parent. Learning to read is something that parents and teachers worry about enormously and… Read More »Encouraging Early Readers

‘Just perfect for newly confident readers’ Early Readers get a big thumbs up from An Awfully Big Blog Adventure!

Chitra Soundar just posted a great review on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure for two new Early Readers by Clare Helen Welsh: ‘The stories are well structured with the necessary repetition to enable word recognition, learning by sight as much as sounding out unfamiliar words with phonics. The stories are engaging and fun. These will definitely appeal to young children who are reading on their own. At this age children… Read More »‘Just perfect for newly confident readers’ Early Readers get a big thumbs up from An Awfully Big Blog Adventure!

Early Readers make a big hit in Taiwan!

We are thrilled to see a lovely review for our Early Readers reading scheme and new Maverick Early Readers dedicated website in Taiwan based Ai Xiaoyi’s Book Blog: ‘The story structure and sentence patterns are all designed as age appropriate, and the illustrations are cute. The best part is that Maverick Press has an open online Resource Pack for parents to download and for teachers there are very useful teaching materials.’… Read More »Early Readers make a big hit in Taiwan!

BACK TO SCHOOL: Junior Fiction and Early Readers 40% off at Browns Books for Students!

Our ads have just appeared in the Back to School issue of the Browns Books for Students catalogue and customers will be delighted to hear that they can get 40% off the advertised junior fiction and Early Reader titles! Visit the Browns Books for Students website here to browse and order your titles Welcome back to school and happy reading!  

‘An excellent series of books’ Madge Eekal Reviews new Early Readers!

Madge Eekal Reviews recently had a look at samples of our new yellow and blue band Early Readers, part of a set of 10 titles which have just been published: ‘While I haven’t seen the other books in the series, these two titles would suggest these books are perfect for beginning and aspiring readers. Although very simply told, each book has enough child interest in terms of content (e.g. wishes… Read More »‘An excellent series of books’ Madge Eekal Reviews new Early Readers!

‘Brilliant’ Fab review from Gemma and son at Mummy’s Waisted for new Early Readers!

Gemma and her 5 year old son at Mummy’s Waisted enjoyed sampling our new blue and yellow band Early Readers publishing at the end of this month: ‘My son is between Reception and Year One and I wanted to carry on with the good progress he’d made at school during the Summer Holidays. The Maverick range is brilliant for this. It’s arranged into coloured bands, with plenty of titles available… Read More »‘Brilliant’ Fab review from Gemma and son at Mummy’s Waisted for new Early Readers!