"As advisers for Kent primary schools, we feel happy and confident to promote Red Squirrel decodable books to our English Leaders. We particularly like the clarity of each page, the simplicity of the font and the presentation of clear pictures, which are easy to process and understand. Even the earliest books are based on a meaningful story, making them interesting to read and talk about. There’s plenty of guidance inside the cover for the adult too. It’s very easy to see at a glance which phonemes and graphemes are included, so that the book can be matched to what the child already knows. This scheme could be used alongside the Letters and Sounds phonics programme, as it complements (rather than copies) each phase from phase 2."

"I taught reading using the Red Squirrel series this year and loved it. It’s great to find a phonetic series with authentic story lines and fun characters. The illustrations are super cute as well and not too busy. The book levels are carefully sequenced phonetically with plenty of practice at the critical CVC stage. I like the slow, steady build-up of sight vocabulary, too – it freed up more brain space for decoding. As a teacher, the layout of the book is super helpful. The skills practice page on the inside cover is a great idea, providing a great warm-up before reading the text. The teaching notes at the back are very helpful – clear, concise, no fluff!"