Publisher's Synopsis
Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading throughout the primary years. Key features include: a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high quality, attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme; comprehensive support materials. These cassettes are recordings of the nine Traditional Tales in the Towards Independence phase. They are read in a variety of accents, appropriate to each of the stories, including Caribbean and Irish. Children can listen to the cassettes while following the text in the accompanying books. Page-turn sounds facilitate this.