Let's Read: Dressing Up

QED essentials is a series of books designed to help children develop skills in reading, thinking, writing, talking and listening. 'Dressing Up' is a fun non-fiction book with simple sentences and clear photographs. I particularly like that the sentences are structured slightly differently and feature different pronouns - a great discussion point for young readers. The content itself is quite interesting, and I'm sure younger readers will enjoy looking at the different costumes and talking about their own dressing up experiences. At the end of the book are some activities that you can do with your child, the first page has activities to develop reading skills - matching words to pictures and clapping the syllables in words. The next page has some sound/word finding activities and requires the reader to turn to different pages in the book to find things. This is a great skill for children to develop. There is clear progression from the earlier books in this series (book banded 'pink'). It's particularly good for parents who may need extra support helping their children to develop early reading skills, as it has a 'help' page at the back. 24 pages / Ages 4+ / Reviewed by Lizi Backhouse, teacher

Suggested Reading Age 3+