Collection: Junior Reader | Level 1

Have you seen an echidna's spines? Would you pat an echidna? Find out if Nat or her friends pat one.

Ann is in everyone's pants! Our friends find themselves jumping and jiggling when Ann's friends join in.

Everyone loves watermelon. Watch Nat and her friends spit pips which ends up ina food fight.

Poor Nat! She is sick. Lucky Nan is there to look after her.

Stan is into everything. He loves playing lots of different games. Will Nan let him getaway with being cheeky?

Nits are bugs that love hair and fur. Which of our friends will be infested with nits?

Nan is tired. She wants to have a nap but Nat and Stan are up to mischief.

Nat taps, sits, pats and spins.

Inviting friends to play in the sandpit is fun. However, Nat likes to knock over sandcastles and play with water a bit too much!

Annotation. Research has identified phonemic awareness and letter knowledge as the best two predictors of how well a child will learn to read during the first two years of school (National Reading Panel, 2000). Children who develop strong phonemic awareness skills at an early age are more likely ...