Bug Club Phonics - Phase 3 Unit 10: Turnips and Beetroot

by Monica Hughes

This title is part of Phonics Bug - the first synthetic phonics programme to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies video, and an online reading world to give today's children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics. In this Phase 3 (Set 10) Phonics Bug fiction Mark's mum has a turnip farm. But Mark is sick of turnips ...

16 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2011

About the author

Monica Hughes was a very popular writer for young people, and has won numerous prizes. Her books have been published in the United States, Poland, Spain, Japan, France, Scandinavia, England, and Germany. She has twice received the Canada Council Prize for Children's Literature, and was runner-up for the Guardian Award.

She is the author of Keeper of the Isis Light, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, which also received a Certificate of Honor from the International Board on Books for Young People; Hunter in the Dark, also an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Sandwriter, among many other titles.

Reviews

[OxoNewbie]

Phonics Bug
Phase 3 Set 10
Phonemes: ar, or, ur, ow, oi
Tricky Words: you, her

A story about the child of a turnip farmer who is fed up of eating turnip and the child of a beetroot farmer who is fed up of eating beetroot. They meet at market, what to do, what to do...

3 stars.