Fat cat on a mat and other tales + CD (Phonics Story Collections)

I already had a couple of the individual stories and so looked into buying the others in the set but it was more value for money to purchase this book containing them all together. The pre-school children love these stories and they are learning while having fun so they get my vote! The illiustrations are beautiful too, and searching for the little duck on every page is always exciting for the little ones. Definitelly would recommend this to anyone with pre-school children.

Just received this book and felt I had to write about it as it was such good value for £7. It has 194 pages and 12 phonics stories which are brilliant for preschool children and early years. Bought it for grandson who will use it for many years and in time will be able to read it to his little brother!👴

My daughter (reception, aged 4.5) brought "Big Pig on a dig" home in her book bag and was very keen to read some of the other stories from the series that aren't at school (helpfully advertised on the inside page of the book!). This collection is excellent value, although a little heavy for my daughter to take to school and show off as she was desperate to this morning, and has done so nevertheless. Twelve stories featuring both long and short vowel sounds, with some tricky words chucked in but not so many that it is too much of a struggle, will last a long time. We haven't listened to the CD yet (I have asked her to read each story to me herself first), but will add to this review when we do. Would highly recommend!

The book is good with a nice easy for kids to read along/guess along with. We have two little ones who enjoy all of the stories and love to find the ducks hidden in the pictures. Couple of annoyances though. The ducks aren't distributed on a 'one per page' basis, but 'one per picture'. Our boys have decided that they take one page each and find the ducks, and it means they are disappointed when there isn't one on their page, because some pages a picture spans both. The other is that the flaps can get a bit out of whack if read a bit to enthusiastically. There are quite a few and going through the book to straighten them up is a pain. Would recommend though.

I understand the other critics, but I do believe that this book is really good for young ones and early readers! My 5 year old son loves practicing and remembering the words. And what a good value! 12 stories and a CD in a book! Do not buy Frog on the Log and other stories with this book as they are the same stories (just 6 of the them tho!)

Bought as ab early reader for my 4 year old granddaughter. Nicely illustrated with good text and story line. She loves it.

Good book, mine was missing the disk which I was disappointed by but otherwise good stories and the kids at nursery loved it. ***** You are very welcome to ask any questions about my experience with this product. If you found this review helpful, please click on the “Yes” button below. *****

My 3 year old loves the stories in this book. He's been a bit slow to talk and pronounce his words so i thought this might help. We read these stories over and over again. The words are simple and will be great for teaching him to read in a year or so. The pictures are lovely too. I highly recommend this book.