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• Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
• BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
• MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
• DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
• EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
• Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

Wellington Square Reinforcement Readers, Level 4, Reinforcement Readers: The Animal Hospital

Mr Keeping goes to Hong Kong. Tony and Tessa look after Bruce, and Ben looks after Brian. Why do they all have to go to the Animal Hospital? Wellington Square is designed to meet the needs of children aged 7-13+ who are having difficulty in learning to read. It provides straightforward progression through all 5 levels of the scheme, from wordless picture books to storybooks with full-text. Wellington Square widens your pupils' reading experience through imaginative and stimulating support material.

Wellington Square Reinforcement Readers, Level 4, Reinforcement Readers: Cleaning windows

Max is everyone's favourite window cleaner in Wellington Square. Why does he fall off his ladder? What does Mrs Valentine decide to do? Wellington Square is designed to meet the needs of children aged 7-13+ who are having difficulty in learning to read. It provides straightforward progression through all 5 levels of the scheme, from wordless picture books to storybooks with full-text. Wellington Square widens your pupils' reading experience through imaginative and stimulating support material.

Wellington Square Reinforcement Readers, Level 4, Reinforcement Readers: The hot air balloon

Everyone is enjoying the ride in the hot air balloon. When things go wrong, Jamila and Mr Keeping have to think quickly. How can Brian help? Wellington Square is designed to meet the needs of children aged 7-13+ who are having difficulty in learning to read. It provides straightforward progression through all 5 levels of the scheme, from wordless picture books to storybooks with full-text. Wellington Square widens your pupils' reading experience through imaginative and stimulating support material.

Collins Big Cat, Band 13, Topaz: Football Spy (PDF)

Do you know what it takes to be a top footballer? Can you pick out the best moves? Find out in this guide to football skills. It will help children to understand how to study a football game and how to look for the skills of different types of players: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers.Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.

Collins Big Cat, Band 13, Topaz: Football Spy

Do you know what it takes to be a top footballer? Can you pick out the best moves? Find out in this guide to football skills. It will help children to understand how to study a football game and how to look for the skills of different types of players: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers.Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.

GNR360, Level 10, Book 3: Children in History

Describing the role of children throughout history. New Reading 360 is a tried and tested whole-school reading scheme, with many years of proven success in raising reading standards

The Lady of Shalott (PDF)

Tennyson's romantic poem, full of atmosphere and emotion, tells the story of the mysterious Lady of Shalott. In this exquisite illustrated edition, Charles Keeping's evocative pictures take us to Camelot, a fabled world of knights and castles, to witness the cursed life and tragic death of a beautiful but doomed maiden. This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the inspiring detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.

Beastly Business, Blue B, 4A: Saving a Sea Monster (PDF)

A sea monster at the RSPCB is dying. The only way it can survive is for Dr Fielding to perform an operation on its brain ... but she can't get close to the monster as it has a massive stinger full of deadly venom! Can Ulf remove the monster's deadly venom without being stung?

Time Slip Adventures: Meet Me by the Steelmen (PDF)

All three of these thrilling time-slip adventures are based in or around Sheffield, where Theresa Tomlinson lives now. Stevie and Jenny get involved in an exciting journey in time in Meet Me by the Steelmen, when they find something strange about the three great steel statues in Sheffield's Meadowhall Shopping Centre.

Time Slip Adventures: Meet Me by the Steelmen (PDF)

All three of these thrilling time-slip adventures are based in or around Sheffield, where Theresa Tomlinson lives now. Stevie and Jenny get involved in an exciting journey in time in Meet Me by the Steelmen, when they find something strange about the three great steel statues in Sheffield's Meadowhall Shopping Centre.

Oxford Reading Tree, Level 9, Fireflies: Environmental Disasters (PDF)

Book band 9 gold. Oxford level 9.Oxford Reading Tree Fireflies titles include a variety of topics covering all areas of the curriculum, from science to citizenship. The books are unchanged - they have a bright modern page design, and are illustrated with colour photographs. The teaching notes for the Oxford Reading Tree Fireflies levelled non-fiction books are full of practical suggestions for using the books, saving you hours of preparation time. They have been updated in line with the simple view of reading and the renewed Primary Framework for Literacy. They nowinclude guidance for group/guided reading, comprehension and word recognition, and assessment. These replace the existing Teaching Notes and Guided Reading Cards. The notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants have now been added to the inside covers. These notes replace the existing Take-Home Cards and support:* Comprehension* Word recognition

Y Cylch Llachar (Cyfres Corryn)

Nofel yng Nghyfres Corryn i blant 7-10 oed. [A novel for 7-10 year olds in the Corryn series.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.

Oxford Reading Tree, Level 18, TreeTops inFact: The Misadventure of Charles Darwin (PDF)

Book band 15 dark red. Oxford level 18. A fascinating biography of one of the world's greatest scientists and his mishaps and mistakes TreeTops inFact is an exciting non-fiction series for children aged 711. Its range of subjects and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love.

Oxford Reading Tree, Level 19, TreeTops inFact: How to Change the World (PDF)

Book band 15 dark red. Oxford level 19. Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history came about in very surprising ways TreeTops inFact is an exciting non-fiction series for children aged 7-11. Its range of subjects and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love.

When Will the Sun Go Out?: And Other Strange Solar System Science (BUG CLUB) (PDF) (BUG CLUB)

Schools across the UK are catching the Bug, and now so can kids at home! Bug Club is one of the best-loved reading programmes in primary schools and kids just love reaching for the bookshelves to find their favourite Bug Club book. Here s some of the great things people have been saying about Bug Club: They are so used to TV, DVDs and everything else, that getting them interested in reading is really hard. But Bug Club had children laughing, engaged and begging for more! - Wendy Jenkins, Bangor Central Integrated Primary School Bug Club deserves gushing praise . It will help children get the best possible start in their reading journey and enjoy page after page of reading success. - Teach Primary Magazine When the books went home, the response from parents was tremendous. Bug Club has been an inspiration to the whole school family. - Tristran Roberts, Headteacher Ysgol Kingsland, Holyhead

Sparklers, Level 1, Red: Spaced Out

Jed is space mad. He knows all about stars, planets, black holes and aliens. One night, something lands in his backyard. Is it from outer space? Sparklers are chapter books with great stories and wonderful illustrations The eight books in each set are carefully graded so pupils can read them all without encountering any sudden increase in difficulty Each level will help your pupils improve their reading skills so that they will want to read more!

Sparklers, Level 4, Turquoise: Bed Bugs

Stella loves bugs and her collection is growing fast. You might think stick insects, flies and caterpillars are OK. But what would you think of leeches, ticks and head-lice? Would you keep them in your bedroom? Well, Stella does and they bite!

Sparklers, Level 4, Turquoise: Bed Bugs (PDF)

Stella loves bugs and her collection is growing fast. You might think stick insects, flies and caterpillars are OK. But what would you think of leeches, ticks and head-lice? Would you keep them in your bedroom? Well, Stella does and they bite! Sparklers are chapter books with great stories and wonderful illustrations The eight books in each set are carefully graded so pupils can read them all without encountering any sudden increase in difficulty Each level will help your pupils improve their reading skills so that they will want to read more!

Oxford Reading Tree, All Stars, Stage 9: An Adventure for Robo-dog (PDF)

Book band 9 gold. Oxford level 9, pack 1. Ben's new toy, Robo-dog, takes two other toys on an adventure during his first night at Ben's home. Robo-dog is very confident that they will all be safe but when the doll, Jilly, gets into danger, who will come to her rescue?

Harklights

The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again (PDF)

The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's life is never to be the same again. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, 'The Hobbit'. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction.

Letters from Father Christmas (PDF)

The first ever B-format edition of Tolkien's complete Father Christmas letters, including a new introduction and rare archive materials.

Darn Bach o Bapur

Mae'r stori hon yn seiliedig ar safiad Eileen a Trefor Beasley a ddechreuodd yn y 1950au i wrthod talu treth cyngor Llanelli nes iddyn nhw dderbyn ffurflen Gymraeg. Bu i'r brotest barhau am wyth mlynedd a golygu caledi mawr i'r teulu. [A novel based on the true story of Eileen and Trefor Beasley who refused to pay their council tax until they received a tax form in the Welsh language from Llanelli Rural Council. Their eight-year stand resulted in great hardship for the family.] Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.

Paent!

Nofel sy'n dangos sut mae un haf tyngedfennol yn hanes ein gwlad yn effeithio Robert. Daw miri arwisgo Siarl yng Nghastell Caernarfon ac ymgyrch Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg i gael arwyddion dwyieithog yn ystod haf 1969 yn fyw yn y nofel hon. [A novel for children based on events relating to the activities of Cymdeithas yr Iaith during the summer of 1969, when Prince Charles is invested at Caernarfon Castle and when the campaign for bilingual road signs gathers momentum.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.

Sothach a Sglyfath (Cyfres Cled)

Stori ysbrydion hwyliog, llawn dychymyg ar gyfer plant. Enillydd gwobr Tir na n-Og 1994. [An imaginative and humorous ghost story for children. Tir na n-Og Award winner 1994.] Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.