Mess on the Rocks

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with fully decodable phonics books matched to Letters and Sounds.

Find out what happens to gulls when they get caught in oil spills and how they are looked after in this non-fiction recount. Find out what happens to gulls when they get caught in oil spills and how they are looked after in this non-fiction recount. Pink B/Band 1B offers emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions. The focus sounds in this book are: /g/ /o/ /e/ /u/ /r/ /h/ /b/ /f/ /l/ ck, ll, ss Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

Author Biography

I am Nathalie Ortega, a professional freelance illustrator with years of experience in creating art for children’s books. I have drawn for as long as I can remember, I was always making doodles, modelling with clay, creating cloth dolls… And still do! My goal is to bring ideas to life in a clear and fun way. I love my work and I hope this is reflected in my illustrations. Now I work from my home studio where I live with my husband, my son and our three cats.