Book excerpt: Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories.The Stage 4 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously covered in Songbirds Stages 1+, 2 and 3. They reinforce the different spelling patterns for the long vowel sounds taught in Songbirds Stage 4, for example "ai" as in "train." In addition the spelling patterns "wr" and "kn" aretaught. The invaluable inside cover notes enable parents/carers and teaching assistants to support children's word recognition and comprehension.This Stage 4 More Songbirds Pack contains six fun, high quality stories:* The Red Man and the Green Man* Pirates* Tails* Pen-Pals* My Cat* Tim's Bad Mood* + Free Teaching NotesAlso available: Stage 3-4 eSongbirds Phonics CD-ROM, featuring e-versions of much-loved Songbirds stories for your interactive whiteboard, with audio activities and animations for consolidation and reinforcement.