Stephen Rickard is a writer and publisher, and has written and developed many award-winning books and software titles. He specialises in books that develop reading skills and promote an enthusiasm for reading for all ages but with a strong concern for reluctant and struggling readers. Using his detailed knowledge of both the phonics programme Letters and Sounds and the UK Bookband system, Stephen has developed Ransom's reading programme, working with the late Shirly Bickler. As well as his role as series editor he has written a number of the books within the programme.
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Jack is feeling ill, can the vets make him feel better? Find out in this low-level phonics reading book. Part of Reading Stars Phonics - a structured programme of fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Jack is Not Well is a Phase 3 book. It introduces the common exception words (he, she) and uses letters and sounds and common exception words from Phase 2, as well as (j, v, w) from Phase 3