Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.
Fluency 5 books have a word count of 4320 words with an expected reading rate of 90 words per minute.
Did you know that "nice" used to be not so nice? Discover the curious history behind some of the most common words in the English language. You'll be amazed by how much the meanings of words have changed through time and how much history is hiding in words we use every day!
Emily graduated with a degree in English in the early 90s and went to work for her familys graphic design business. There she dabbled in graphic design, photo research, illustration and copyediting for educational books. After years of watching other people write books she decided she wanted to try to write her own, and has recently written several childrens fiction and non-fiction readers. Emily lives in a small village in the Cambridgeshire fens with her husband and their beloved dog, Rory.
I have been working as a freelance Illustrator since 1985, after completing a degree at Kingston, specialising in Illustration. Over the years Ive evolved into a fully paid up member of the digital age. After too many disasters with a bottle of ink, probably caused by the cat, I embraced the computer age. My work is heavily influenced by 1950s and 60s cartoons. Most of my images are digitally generated, however I nearly always begin with pencil on paper, creating a hand drawn style.
