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Literacy > Core Resources > Big Books > Story Chest Big Books

  Story Chest Big Book Collections  

Reading Ages 5-7
Interest Ages 3-7
 

Big Books/CD-ROMS
for Shared Reading
& Writing
 
9 titles with
CD-ROMs plus
48 other Big Books
 
     
 
 
 

 

Classic favourites with pupils & teachers – now more than 30 stories with your favourite characters

  • An excellent foundation for early readers aged 5-7

  • Quality fiction titles from respected children’s author Joy Cowley

  • Children will love the engaging characters, some favourites and some new characters, and rhythm featured in each story

  • Easy to incorporate into any current curriculum for Shared Reading

  • Teacher’s Notes are included on the inside back covers for all NEW titles
Mrs Wishy Washy Collection
Mrs Wishy-Washy Big Book with CD-ROM NEW Mrs Wishy-Washy & the Big Farm NEW Mrs Wishy-Washy & the Big Tub NEW Mrs Wishy-Washy & the Big Wash NEW Mrs Wishy-Washy on TV NEW Mrs Wishy-Washy's Birthday
NEW Mrs Wishy-Washy's Birthday Wishy Washy Day Dishy Washy Splishy-Sploshy The Scrubbing Machine Mud Walk
 
The Meanies Collection
The Meanies Big Book with CD-ROM NEW Those Yucky Meanies! NEW Meanies in the House NEW Meanies Night Out Do not open this Book! The Meanies Came to School
         
A Meanie's Party          
 
The Hungry Giant Collection Collection
 
The Hungry Giant Big Book with CD-ROM NEW Poor Sore Hungry Giant NEW The Hungry Giant's Shoe NEW The Hungry Giant's Baby The Hungry Giant's Soup  
 
Hairy Bear Collection
   
Hairy Bear Big Book with CD-ROM NEW Hairy Bear on the Roof NEW Fix-It Bear NEW Hairy Bear and the Door    
 
Smarty Pants Collection
   
Smarty Pants Big Book with CD-ROM NEW Smarty Pants at the Circus NEW Smarty Pants & the Talent Show NEW Smarty No Pants    
 
Huggles Collection
     
NEW Huggles Cold NEW Huggles in School NEW The Huggles Hug      
 
Dan, the Flying Man Collection
   
Dan, the Flying Man Big Book with CD-ROM NEW Dan and the Parrot NEW Little Dan NEW Dan's Lost Hat    
 
Sloppy Tiger Collection
     
NEW Sloppy Tiger's Picnic NEW Sloppy Tiger on the Bus NEW Sloppy Tiger Washes the Floor      
 
Mr Whisper Collection
     
NEW Mr Whisper and Miss Candy NEW Mr Whisper and the Road Works NEW Mr Whisper's Sore Ears      
 
The Jigaree Collection
       
The Jigaree Big Book with CD-ROM The Jigaree's Breakfast        
 
Other classic titles
The Monster's Party Big Book with CD-ROM To Town Big Book with CD-ROM Mr Bitter's Butter Move Over! The Pirate Feast The Super Smile Shop
   
What Next? The Farm Concert The Red Rose Seven Fat Cats    
           

Example spreads from the books

Example of Teaching Notes - click to enlarge



Multimodal resources:

  • Big Books with CD-ROMs.
  • Ideal for whiteboards.


Sample screens from Mrs Wishy-Washy & Hairy Bear.

CD-ROMS Including:

  • Hear how and why the author wrote the story

  • Read the story, sing along with the music provided, write along with speech bubbles

  • Activities on screen with sound and buttons

  • Printable activities

Story Chest CD-ROMs

  • 10 titles which contain readings from the author, Joy Cowley where she explains why she wrote each book as well as reading it to the children.

  • The book is set to music, to emphasise the strong rhythmical aspect of the texts.

  • Other sections allow children to take part in activities such as adding speech bubbles to the characters.

  • Activities linked to the text.

The CD ROMs can be used on whiteboards in classrooms or in a computer suite (network licences required) and is a great opportunity for shared reading for the whole class. Many favourites are here ~ The Meanies, Mrs Wishy-Washy, Smarty Pants, The Jigaree and more.



 






All Big Books

Wordless Big Books

Story Chest Big Books and CD-ROMs F-Y2 (P1-3)

KS1 Traditional Tale Anthology Big Books with CD-ROMs
KS1 E-Books (without sound
)
KS1 Activities (with sound)


KS2 Big Books with CD-ROMs
KS2 Myths and Fables Anthologies