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‘The character names and their hilarious capers out on the sea will have readers laughing from the first to last page’ – My Book Corner Review of Pirate Parrot & The Knit-Wits (White Band Early Reader)

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Wow, this is such a wonderful review from My Book Corner about our White Band Early Reader, Pirate Parrot and the Knit-wits by Steve Howson and Daniel Limon. “What a fantastic story! The character names and their hilarious capers out on the sea will have readers laughing from the first to last page. A tale …

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‘A wonderful world of jelly, friendship and the courage to be yourself’ – My Book Corner Review of Jetpack Jelly (White Band Early Reader)

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We are really grateful for a lovely review from My Book Corner of our White Band Early Reader – Jetpack Jelly by Alice Hemming and Emma Randall.  “The Space Place cafe is full of wibbly wobbly jelly. Spacey Stacey’s jelly is so popular she’s not sure she can deliver it all in time for her …

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‘These stories have heart and they have conflict’ – Book Murmuration review

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We are really happy to get such detailed reviews from Book Murmuration about four of our Early Readers across multiple colour book bands. Mole in Goal, King Pong, Jetpack Jelly and Pirate Parrot and the Knit-wits are all favourably reviewed. “The Maverick Early Readers have been designed to fit with the Institute of Education book banding system. …

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‘Genuinely gripping and exciting stories’ – Madge Eekel review

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We have received such kind words from Madge Eekel in their recent review about our Early Readers, Nanny Ninja, Scary Scott and Jetpack Jelly. “Overall, reviewing these three books confirms my previous view that the ‘Maverick Early Readers’ scheme is a truly excellent series of books that can support children learning to read in both …

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‘Very appealing and we have no hesitation in recommending’ Topmarks gives top marks to Maverick Early Readers!

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Education resource site Topmarks has just posted a fantastic review for our Early Readers scheme which reaches 100 titles in May: ‘There is a fantastic range of titles available, all with really charming illustrations and stories that will appeal to both boys and girls. Each book is well made, with sturdy paperback covers and printed on high-quality paper. We …

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‘A smashing children’s story’ Linda’s Book Bag reviews new purple band Early Reader!

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We’ve spotted a lovely review from Linda’s Book Bag for new purple band Early Reader Wishker by Heather Pindar with illustrations by Sarah Jennings which was published just this week: ‘I thought the range of punctuation was very skilfully handled so that question marks, exclamation marks and ellipsis are naturally exemplified enabling emergent writers to see how they might be used. There’s a …

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‘Great stories which we can all enjoy in equal measure! Bravo!’ Super review for new January Early Readers from Chez L’Abeille!

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We have just received a wonderful review for four of our new Early Readers publishing this month from teacher Cathy at Chez L’Abeille: ‘These new books certainly deliver. One of the things I love about them is that they would be equally at home in the home or in a classroom – so as my day job takes …

‘Great stories which we can all enjoy in equal measure! Bravo!’ Super review for new January Early Readers from Chez L’Abeille! Read More »

Three Maverick titles selected for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge!

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We were thrilled to learn this week that three of our titles have been selected for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge! The theme is Space Chase and our selected titles are: The Space Race (Early Reader – Yellow band) by Jenny Jinks with illustrations by Serena Lombardo (order here) Letter to Pluto by Lou Treleaven (order here) Turns Out …

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‘Maverick Early Readers tick all the boxes… they have made a huge difference’ Our Early Readers help The Merry Bookworm solve a picky reader problem!

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We’ve just spotted a lovely review from The Merry Bookworm which encapsulates how our reading scheme differs from the others – it engages children and allows them to ENJOY reading: ‘If, like me, you have a young child who is bored of school reading books, you’ll know it’s not always easy to find alternatives that match their …

‘Maverick Early Readers tick all the boxes… they have made a huge difference’ Our Early Readers help The Merry Bookworm solve a picky reader problem! Read More »