This practical guide presents the Big 5 of literacy – decoding, comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and spelling. They are the five essential skills for success in school and in life.Tom Nicholson offers a toolkit to help you bring your class, including those with persistent literacy learning difficulties such as dyslexia, up to typically achieving level for their age and beyond. Designed as a “one stop shop” for classroom teachers, this book covers assessment, planning and progres...

Designed as a “one stop shop” for classroom teachers, this book covers assessment, planning, and progression of writing, spelling, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension to expand the teaching toolbox.Dymock and Nicholson explore major focus areas in literacy instruction for teachers based on data-driven research advances. They provide the teacher a handy reference manual to consult when designing lessons to teach young children from diverse backgrounds to help them read and write...

"When we cross the border: no ID, and it's kiss yourself good-bye if Charlie gets ahold of you."In Vietnam, the Military Assistance Command's Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) fielded small recon teams in areas infested with VC and NVA. Because SOG operations suffered extraordinary casualties, they required extraordinary soldiers. So when Capt. Thom Nicholson arrived at Command and Control North (CCN) in Da Nang, SOG's northernmost base camp, he knew he was going to be work...

There’s a three-thousand dollar bounty on James Bennett’s head, and Marty Keller intends to collect it. Deep in the Oklahoma badlands, Keller pins down his quarry with warning shots, but a ricocheting bullet strikes Bennett in the back and mortally wounds him. Keller returns to Fort Wayne to collect his reward, only to be branded a back shooter by the townsfolk. Then, to his surprise, Bennett’s widow pleads with him to escort her and her young son to their new home in Wyoming Territory. As...

Bounty hunter Marty Keller doesn’t expect his job to be easy, but he does expect to get paid. Stagecoach company owner Malcolm O’Brian puts a price on the head of a robber, but it’s money he hasn’t got. After Keller dodges a hail of bullets to bring in the wanted man, he’s more than a little curious about how O’Brian plans to pay. O’Brian promises double if Keller can rid him of the threat to his stagecoach line for good. Now the bounty hunter is riding shotgun and aiming to take on as man...

Bounty hunter Marty Keller doesn’t expect his job to be easy, but he does expect to be paid. Stagecoach company owner Malcolm O’Brian has put a price on the head of a stagecoach robber, but it’s money he hasn’t got. After Keller dodges a hail of bullets to bring in the wanted man, he’s more than a little curious how O’Brian plans to pay.The stagecoach owner promises him double, if Keller can rid him of the threat to his stagecoach line for good. Now the bounty hunter is riding shot...

There’s a $3,000 bounty on James Bennett’s head, and Marty Keller intends to collect it. Deep in the Oklahoma badlands, Keller corners his quarry, pinning him down with warning shots...until one ricocheting bullet strikes Bennett in the back, mortally wounding him.Keller returns to Fort Wayne to collect his reward, only to be branded a back shooter by the townsfolk. Then, to his surprise, Bennett’s widow pleads with him to escort her and her young son to their new home in Wyoming T...

Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy teaching and learning. The book explores the continuum of literacy learning and children's transitions from early childhood settings to junior primary classrooms and then to senior primary and beyond. Reader-friendly and accessible, this book equips pre-service teachers with the theoretical underpinnings and practical strategies to teach literacy. It places the 'reading wars' firmly in the p...

There’s nothing like the comfort of dozing off on a train when you have plenty of time to rest. This collection of bedtime stories is set on different trains waiting to lull you to sleep.In Get Sleepy: Train Stories, you can unwind to these stories alongside the interior ambience of a train and soothing background music. These works of original fiction are specially crafted to quiet an active mind and make space for peace and tranquillity.Narrated by the soft, stea...

A joyful celebration of the sports, ceremony and fun of the Games from the team that brought you Cricket, I Just Love it!What a glorious day for the Backyard Games!Who will be champions, household names?I jump on my bike and round up my mates.We visualise glory, think of the greats.Create all the fun and drama of the Games in your own backyard your imagination is the only limit!Exuber...

From classic catches to backyard matches, this is a joyful and heartfelt celebration of all things cricket, written by one of Australia's leading sports broadcasters.Cricket, I just love it! It really is the best.Batting, bowling, fielding, Twenty20 or a test.I watch it or I listen and of course I always play.Cricket is my favourite part of every single day.For any kid who's ever hit a six over the ba...

It’s the game that has defined us, a heartland football state.For decades we’ve defied the odds, punched above our weight.With an army of supporters and a state that’s in its prime.Let’s give those opposition teams a DEVIL of a time.A joyous, inclusive picture book that celebrates the history and evolution of the Tasmania Football Club – The Tasmania Devils, ahead of its entrance to the AFL in 2028.