Easy Starts consolidate the vocabulary of the existing core books and reinforce work on phonics. They are intended to precede the core books at each level of Pink, Red and Green as they gently introduce core vocabulary with very few new words. At White level, they follow the Six Little Books with words. Easy starts maintain a strong series identity by including stories about the original animal characters.

• Full punctuation - Now with full punctuation including speech marks, to be found right through from White to Blue levels.
• Offers a series of simple stories with phonic reinforcement which is consistently strong.
• A high degreee of phonic reinforcement in the earliest stages.
• Supports phonic teaching as specified in the National Literacy Strategy.
• Clear phonic support.