Product DescriptionStage 3 More Songbirds are six brand new phonic stories to add to the successful Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics series. They are real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffulo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories support the latest curriculum developments.The Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics series provides:* fully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 6 stages* opportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends* lively illustrations by a variety of artists* flexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching* exciting, interactive CD-ROMs to accompany all stagesThe six books revise all the phonics previously covered in Songbirds Stages 1+, 2, 3 and 4 and introduce the long vowel 'oo'.* The Red Man and the Green Man* The Pirates* Tails* Pen Pals* My Cat* Tim's Bad Mood ('oo' as in mood)Review`An excellent full range of phonic usage for these stages of text. I feel children would benefit immensely from the scheme.'St Nicholas Primary School , Oxford`What a lovely way of showing the relation of text to words in a story!'Literacy Teacher, OxfordshireAbout the AuthorJulia Donaldson has written over forty books, including the extremely popular picture book The Gruffalo, which won three major British book awards: The Smarties Prize, The Blue Peter Award for `The Best Book to Read Aloud and the Experian `Big Three Award.