Phonics Readers: Ted's Shed - Phil Roxbee Cox

Ted's Shed is another book from the Usborne Phonics Readers series for 3-5yr olds. It retails at £4.99 individually but you can get it as part of a box set for a discounted price usually if you prefer. I got the box set including twelve titles from the Usborne Phonics Readers series for £9.99 from the Book People. I'm reviewing all of the titles that we own so please see my other reviews if you're thinking about buying any of the titles from this series. This book is one that fits in about the middle of the series as far as difficulty goes. I wouldn't recommend it for complete beginner's, but I found that a child who had learned a few of the basics got a lot ...  Read the complete review

This Usborne book "Ted's Shed" is great fun to read with your children - as are all the other titles in the series. Although my little boy is only 20 months ( a while of reading and writting - which is what the phonics books help to prepare little ones to do in the future) - he loves to get involved by opening the flaps on some of the pages and finding various objects on each page. Rather a mouth full to start of with when first reading the book but after the first few times and as you become aware of the story it becomes good fun and each page rolls off the tip of your tongue!!! At this point you will be as addicted and hooked on reading it as ...  Read the complete review

This book is another one of the great phonic readers series by Usborne books. Fat Cat on a Mat is written by by Phil Roxbee Cox and illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. Within this series there are 12 books. They each retail at £4.99 or you can purchase all 12 books in 2 bound books that retail at £9.99 each. This specific book is about Ted and his red shed. Ted likes his shed, he even has his red bed inside it. Ted decides to make some home improvements and sets to work on sawing and nailing some wood. His friends ask what he is making but he doesn't tell them, so what is that Ted has created? Read the story and find out, or place a comment and have a ...  Read the complete review