Hi, I am Helen Chapman!
Australian Best Selling Children’s Book Author
Helen Chapman is a wildly experienced and bestselling children’s author with over 96 books published worldwide. So popular are her books that many have been reprinted multiple times. Helen writes both fiction and non-fiction and specialises in educational books for children. Her use of humour makes her children’s books highly effective in this genre and she has become a highly sought after and respected author.
Hodder Education UK
Food Myth Busters
We all have to eat, right? We do it every day! But do you ever really think about what you’re eating? In this fascinating book, you’ll learn all about Go, Slow and Whoa foods – foods that are healthy to eat all the time and ones that we should only eat sometimes. We’ll also be busting the myths about food that many people think are true but are not! Things like: Eating bread crusts will make your hair grow curly … Read on to find out the truth about this myth and many more!
Food Myth Busters is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Astro books for Earth/White band are also highly-decodable so ideal for extra phonics practice. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills.
Interest age: 8-9
Reading age: 6-7 years
Game Changers have the skills, courage and power to change the world!
Join us on a journey with some game-changing explorers! You will travel with Christopher Columbus, who set out on a voyage and accidentally arrived in the Americas, Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and Mae C. Jemison, the first black woman to travel into space. Learn about the places they discovered and the exciting adventures they had along the way.
Game Changers: Intrepid Explorers is part of the Reading Planet range of books for Stars (Lime) to Supernova (Red+) band. Children aged 7-11 will be inspired to love reading through the gripping stories and fascinating information books created by top authors. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 8-10 years.
Game Changers have the skills, courage and power to change the world!
Read about eight amazing artistic Game Changers, from Claude Monet who founded the Impressionist movement, to Frida Kahlo whose powerful self-portraits still captivate us, and Banksy, the mysterious graffiti artist whose thought provoking and often political paintings can be found on street walls in the UK and around the world. Learn more about these trailblazers, who broke with tradition and created incredible works of art.
Game Changers: Amazing Artists is part of the Reading Planet range of books for Stars (Lime) to Supernova (Red+) band. Children aged 7-11 will be inspired to love reading through the gripping stories and fascinating information books created by top authors. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 9-10 years.
Australian Schools with Barnaby Bear
Barnaby Bear is off to Australia to find out how schools are different on the other side of the world. Join him as he makes new friends in the city, the outback, the country and on an island!
Australian Schools with Barnaby Bear is part of the Galaxy range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy offers a rich collection of highly decodable fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. Children will broaden their knowledge and widen vocabulary through a diverse range of books which are ideal for cross-curricular reading. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding.
Published by Rising Stars UK
Museums Are Fun
Sunshine Starter Level 14
Nonfiction
16 pages
159mm x 188mm
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading:
- Phonic awareness
- Phonics
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension
- Fluency
Forces
Sunshine Starter Level 14
Nonfiction
16 pages
159mm x 188mm
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
- Phonic awareness
- Phonics
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension
- Fluency
Hobbies
Sunshine Starter Level 8
Non-fiction
16 pages
High-frequency words presented as flash cards on the inside cover of each book
Skills teaching focus on the inside back cover
Sunshine Starters is a new literacy program that focuses on the five essential skill areas that all children need in order to develop into successful readers.
Evidence-based findings have identified these key areas as:
- Phonic awareness
- Phonics
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension
- Fluency
Published by Wendy Pye Publishing Ltd New Zealand
How the Birds Got Their Colours: Tales from the Australian Dreamtime
A wonderful collection of creation stories from Australia, telling how the koala lost his tail, how the kangaroo got her pouch, as well as how the birds got their colours.
Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
Text Type: Traditional tales from another culture
Curriculum Links:
- English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditions
Published by HarperCollins UK
New Wonders of the World
Come on a tour to explore the new Wonders of the World, from the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal. And finally, you can choose your own seventh Wonder of the World!
Reading Age: 6-7 years
Published by Rising Stars UK
Hungry Animals
The animal kingdom is full of different animals and they all like to eat different things. Learn how to tell a carnivore from a herbivore or omnivore and find which one you are!
Reading Age: 6-7 years
Rising Stars Reading Planet Galaxy reading books are a wonderful collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to capture the interest of every child, helping to develop a life-long love of reading.
My Kitten
Max is a beautiful ginger kitten and his owner adores him! Find out how Max is similar to, yet also different from, his owner and the important things you need to do to look after a kitten.
Reading Age: 4-5 years
Grow a Pumpkin
Learn all about pumpkins in this fun non-fiction photographic book, from how to grow them to what you can make with them, including lanterns and some tasty soup!
Reading Age: 4-5 years
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Learn about Amelia’s adventures in the air in this engaging highly-illustrated biography.
Reading Age: 5-6 years
Collins Big Cat Arabic Readers
Landmarks of Our World: Level 10 (Arabic) Paperback
From the pyramids in Egypt to the Sydney Opera House, landmarks have been built all over the world. Find out what makes them so special.
Turquoise/Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.
Text Type: An information book
A map of the world on Pages 22 & 23 shows the location of all the landmarks.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers GB
Curriculum Links:
- Geography: “The location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human and physical features.”