Stephen Rickard 
Tidying My Room 

Holly is coming to play, so the bedroom must be tidy. A first-person narrative. Tidying My Room is a book-banded reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Red Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 106-word recount text is suitable for ages 5 – 6. Tidying My Room features a short, higly structured text with limited vocabulary, slightly longer, predictable texts, short and clear sentences, and simple story development. It has clear text, appropriate fonts and obvious spacing. Tidying My Room is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book bands (Pink through to Lime).