'I had a...': animal edition

by Jo Fletcher

'I had a...' animal edition is a delightful book, introducing your pre-school aged children to the world of reading. Based entirely on the single sounding phonemes that your child is/will start learning, by sounding out single letters, they will be able to start the journey into forming basic words and eventually blending digraphs and trigraphs to sound out and spell more advanced sentences. This book was created specifically for children who are starting their reading journey and is aimed at approximately 3 year olds and above. Illustrated using fun, clear and inclusive pictures of children from all backgrounds and cultures, the 'I had a...' series of books ensures that every child feels seen and represented. Comprising a vocabulary that is easy for the adult to enunciate, by sounding out loud each individual phoneme slowly and clearly, this allows the child to naturally blend the sounds into the correct word, often quickly but practice makes perfect.

12 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 10, 2021

About the author

Jo Fletcher is an award-winning poet, writer, critic, journalist and currently editorial director of Victor Gollancz, one of Britain's largest genre fiction publishers, responsible for, amongst other things, the Fantasy Masterworks list.

Winner of the International Society of Poets' Critics' Choice Award, the British Fantasy Society's first ever Karl Edward Wagner Award and the World Fantasy Award, her poetry, fiction and non-fiction has appeared widely. She has edited several anthologies, both alone and with multi-award-winner Stephen Jones; her first poetry collection, SHADOWS OF LIGHT AND DARK, was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award.