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While glosses on Heaney's verse forms figure more or less in critical accounts of his poetry, this is the first book to take the craft of his art as its focus. Setting out a historically informed approach to poetic form, the book places Heaney's developing versification in the context of mid-century Anglo-American theories of metre and rhythm.

All the essentials of punctuation covered thoroughly in a light-hearted and accessible style. The books act as a genuinely useful tool for children who want or need to improve their English and grasp areas that they have perhaps not understood at school or missed out on. Each page covers a key point, shows lots of examples to demonstrate correct usage, and has a handy summary at the bottom of the page. Comic-strip style illustrations and the group of characters that make up the Odd Mob make lear...

'Nelson Phonic Handwriting and Spelling' provides lesson guidance and activities for the key skills of handwriting and spelling using the phonics sequence supplied by DfES Letters and Sounds and Jolly Phonics, which are by far the two main phonics courses used in UK schools.

With this first alphabet book from Rod Campbell, children can learn both their ABC and the names of animals! Clearly presented, packed full of animals, there are flaps to lift and all sorts of fun to be had.

This special limited gift edition comes in hardback, quarterbound, with a black ribbon tie closure each copy is signed and numbered - a unique collection of artwork from this acclaimed graphic artist. In his first picture book, highly-collectable graphic artist Paul Thurlby creates a stunning alphabet that helps to make the shape of each letter memorable and fun. From 'A for Awesome', to 'Z for Zip', this is a stunning book from a unique artist.

In this series four marvellous monsters introduce young learners to letters and letter sounds. Each book is written in amusing rhyming couplets and is complemented by lively, colourful illustrations.

A collection box containing six "Phonics" reading books. This series of richly rhyming and funny stories helps children to grasp the vital link between letters and the sounds they represent.

Ladybird's "My First ABC" is a sturdy board book, perfect for tiny hands. It introduces young children to the alphabet with a lovely bright, clear picture by illustrator Kate Merritt to go with each letter. An ideal gift for little ones, that will help build their very first language skills in an enjoyable way thanks to the gorgeous illustrations.

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 2 books introduce simple one- and two-syllable words for children to read based on key syllables and phonic patterns. Word pairs are shown in very short co...

This is a reissue of A First Writing Book , to be published at KS1 level of New Oxford Workbooks.

This great new series introduces an amazing new learning technique, which allows very young children to learn quickly and easily. Using the stand at the back, each book can be stood on a table or on the floor giving parents a dramatic and fun way of introducing their child to new words and concepts. A new page can be used for every day of the year and torn off for scribbles and notes. Over time, as children absorb more language and information the pages can be used to make whole words with ABC;...

Self-Paced Phonics: A Text for Educators, Fifth Edition, is the ideal resource for pre-service and in-service teachers to get practical instruction that helps them develop a sound understanding of both the content and pedagogy of phonics. More than a tutorial in phonics, this self-regulating, self-monitoring resource covers both the content and pedagogy of phonics. Designed for use with a minimum of instruction, at the reader’s own pace, the book is particularly teacher-friendly and immediately...

It is well-known that phonemes have different acoustic realizations depending on the context. Thus, for example, the phoneme /t! is typically realized with a heavily aspirated strong burst at the beginning of a syllable as in the word Tom, but without a burst at the end of a syllable in a word like cat. Variation such as this is often considered to be problematic for speech recogni tion: (1) "In most systems for sentence recognition, such modifications must be viewed as a kind of 'noise' that ma...

It’s one of education’s greatest challenges: How do we shape our youngest students, who often are just learning how to hold a pencil, into capable writers within the span of a single school year? Text Structures from Nursery Rhymes offers the solution: a clear and actionable framework for guiding young students to write successfully in any style, from narrative to descriptive to persuasive. The key to the strategy lies in using familiar text structures to break down a story into its main c...

This new edition of the Oxford Phonics Spelling Dictionary is an easy home and school reference tool. With words ordered by their initial phonic sound and colourful illustrations by Alex Brychta and the familiar Oxford Reading Tree characters, it helps children using synthetic phonics and prepare for the screening check. Supported by the Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Programme, it follows the Alphabetic Code Chart of sounds and alternative spellings that children learn at school. There are...