Oxford Literacy Web

by Dee Reid

"First Words Non-fiction" is a collection of engaging books for very new readers. These books contain carefully controlled vocabulary and focus on familiar experiences. At Stage 1, each book consists of simple sentence constructions and one line of text per page. Furthermore, each page provides colourful picture cues in the form of photographs and illustrations to help the reader decode the text. In "Animal Homes", we unearth some very special places; in "Changes" we discover what the future holds for different life forms; and we encounter some dreadful looking food in "Wrong Colours". In "How Many Legs?" we count of legs on some animals and insects; we encounter some scary creatures in "Fierce Creatures"; and in "Things That Go" we trace the journey of a variety of modes of transport.