Happy Birthday, Sausage! A Bloomsbury Young Reader: White Book Band

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Book Band: White (Ideal for ages 6+) A fun, heartwarming animal story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school. It's Sausage's birthday and he's going to have a party with all of his friends. But the mean, jealous cats have hidden all of the invitations and no one turns up. Poor Sausage is the saddest little sausage dog in the whole wide world! What can be done to give Sausage a happy birthday? This endearing, yet amusing story from outstanding author Michaela Morgan is perfect for children who are learning to read by themselves and for Key Stage 1. It features engaging illustrations from Felicity Sheldon and quirky characters young readers will find hard to resist. _______________ Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com. 'Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader. Fun, stretching, just the right length, full of adventurous vocabulary and punctuation.' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher

Michaela Morgan is a long-established children's author with a string of award-winning books to her name, including titles which have won a UKRA (now UKLA) award and have been an International Reading Association Choice and a World Book Day Recommended Read. Michaela has taught a wide age range, from bright-eyed infants to jaded fraudsters and worked in various prisons as Writer in Residence. She is also a National Poetry Day Ambassador and is regularly involved in school and festival events. Felicity Sheldon is an illustrator based in Cambridge who studied illustration at Lincoln University. Her passion for illustration started as a young child when she would spend hours writing and illustrating her own stories. Felicity takes great pride in adding vivid details to her work.

Written by favourite authors, these are well worth collecting and are just the thing for children ready for reading. -- Andrea Reece * Lovereading4kids * My six-year-old, THE BOSS has just found her reading rhythm... THE BOSS got her hands on Bloomsbury Young Readers and suddenly, her reading took off. These are proper stories that are a manageable step up from picture books, while keeping all the colour and fun -- Leisa Stewart-Sharpe * My Book Corner *