Egmont has constantly made an impressionable impact time and time again to inspire and encourage young readers to learn the essential skills of reading. Egmont releases a list of the best and top quality titles from superb authors and illustrators which include picture books, classic titles such as Winnie the Pooh , Thomas & Friends , Andy Stanton to name a few. Some of these include fiction and non fiction books, but you can be confident that Egmont only produces the very best books. Egmont releases books which include a broad range, they focus on keeping kids entertained at all times whether they are traditional story books or gaming like Minecraft. This collection is divided into three sections for the purpose of developing kids reading ability in a steady and consistent way without putting them into too much pressure or problems, some of these methods includes simple stories, theme focussed, big speech bubbles to help parents guide children, and single stories to aid kids in learning how to follow a story from start to finish and help them understand comprehension skills.
Some of these authors included in this collection are Julia Donaldson, a recognized author that is loved by all, she was chosen as Children’s Laureate during the years of 2011-2013. Donaldson promoted stories for deaf children, as well as encouraging children to act and read stories out loud to create a strong community of reading. Among these authors, we also have Jeff Brown, Brown is an author , editor, who had worked in Hollywood prior to creating the wonderful Flat Stanley series. His character creations led to many young readers to look up to the fictional heroes of his books, Stanley’s books revolved a lot around adventure and humour with Flat Stanley being completely flat after being flattened due to an unforeseen incident. His work has reached more than several millions young readers. Check out our authors category for more great authors and titles.
- Very simple stories for the Youngest Readers
- Three short stories that deals with the same characters, or are thematically linked
- Speech bubbles for shared reading
- 400-500 Words
- More challenging stories for Developing Readers
- A single story
- Help to build reading stamina and confidence
- 1000+ words
Chapter books for more confident readers
Introduction more complex characters and themes
Short chapters featuring longer unit of text
2000+ Words
The Banana Books Reading Series is designed to help children aged 4-7 discover the joy of reading. The series is divided into green, blue and red bananas, all illustrated in full colour for contextual understanding. This set includes books from famous authors such as Julia Donaldson, Michael Morpurgo, Jeff Brown and Jacqueline Wilson.