Late night at the zoo

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About this book

Very First Reading: Book 10
Late night at the zoo

A captivating story to inspire beginner readers.
Based on the principles of synthetic phonics, supports the "Letters and Sounds" programme used in thousands of UK primary schools.
Child reads with an adult’s support, and gains practice reading the split digraph or "magic e" pattern (as in late, time, home).
Fun puzzles test understanding, and provide opportunities for discussion and further reading practice.

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Mairi Mackinnon

Mairi Mackinnon has lived in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain, and worked as an English teacher, translator and tour manager before joining Usborne. Over the years, she has edited Usborne books in English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Welsh. She has worked extensively on books for beginner readers, such as Usborne Very First Reading, and developed the Usborne English Readers series for young English language learners. She has also worked on the Usborne Foundation’s popular phonics game, Teach your Monster to Read.

Press Reviews

Thank you, Usborne, for producing a series of books that really work, that see story and content as important as skill level, and are genuinely engaging for children (and adults- I’m having a great time too!) Thank you for teaching my daughter to read.
Rhino Reads

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