- Lori Haskins Houran and Jeff Brown, Illustrated by Jon Mitchell

Reading Ladder Level 2 - Flat Stanley and the Very Big Cookie (Reading Ladder Level 2)

By Lori Haskins Houran and Jeff Brown, Illustrated by Jon Mitchell

It’s time for a bake-off in this colour-illustrated early reader featuring everyone’s favourite flat boy, Flat Stanley. Perfect for children learning to read.

When Stanley and Arthur visit their friend the baker they find he needs their help – it’s the Food Fair on Saturday and the baker is fresh out of ideas! Then Stanley has a brainwave … will it be a recipe for disaster, or has he just come up with the next BIG thing?

The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It’s the first step towards a lasting love of reading.

Level 2 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for readers who are growing in confidence and are beginning to enjoy longer stories.

Clear type
Up to 8 lines per page
Bright, appealing pictures for added interest
A variety of sentence structures
A wider range of vocabulary
Strong themes and characters to discuss

All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant, making them perfect for use in schools and for parents keen to support their children’s reading. 

Book band: Orange

Author: Lori Haskins Houran , Jeff Brown
Format: Paperback
Ageband: 5 to 7
Release Date: 06 Apr 2017
Pages: 48
ISBN: 978-1-4052-8353-3
Born in New York City, Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood. He worked on the editorial staffs of The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his stories appeared in these magazines and many others. He died in Manhattan in 2003.Lori Haskins Houran has been writing and editing children’s books since 1992. She grew up in Maine, but now lives in New York City.Jon Mitchell is a freelance illustrator who has illustrated books for Teletubbies, Tots TV and Rosie and Jim and working for major publishers including the BBC, Oxford Press and Pearson Education.Series consultant Nikki Gamble is the director of Just Imagine, a specialist resource and training centre for Primary English. She is Associate Consultant at the University of London, Institute of Education.

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