Paired books

These books are not just paired, they are connected.

• After the Shared Reading stage (16 Big Books), there are 304 titles, Foundation – Year 6, comprising connected pairs of books (one informative and one narrative).
• Paired books address the same concepts, vocabulary and high-frequency words in different text types and sentence structures.
• High-frequency words are gradually and systematically introduced and reused.
• There is a high rate of repetition of high-frequency words and a low ratio of unfamiliar words.
• There is a balance of illustrated narrative and photographic informative books.
• There is a wide range of text types – narratives, recounts, procedures, explanations, reports and persuasive texts.