From Macmillan Education Australia, the PRIMARY PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 3 years in a row, comes this fantastic literacy program: Springboard. It is designed for children who are considered “at risk” for reading. In order to engage children who may not like to read, the content is varied and interesting, and the language starts very simple, gradually getting harder.

Sold in level packs, each level pack has 8 books: 3 factual and 5 fiction.

â–  Published by: Macmillan Australia
(Printed in Japan)

• 8 book set (a～h) / size: 18.2 x 14.8 cm / Full color
• Pages per book: 16 pages
• Words per book: about 190 words
• Sentences per page: 5 sentences

* The difference between Springboard Series and Apricot Springboard.

1. There is no difference in the contents between them.
2. The book size of Apricot Springboard is a bit smaller than Springboard Series by 5 mm-1 cm.
3. The price of each title of Apricot Springboard is 300 yen higher than Springboard Series.
4. Apricot Springboard is printed in Japan instead of overseas.

◆10-a　 What Time Is It?

Find out about different types of clocks and watches.

Word Count: 207
Text Type: Information report

â—†10-b　 Mrs Popinpop’s Ghost

Mrs Popinpop thinks there is a ghost in her house!

Word Count: 186
Text type: Narrative – realistic fiction

◆10-c　 Dinosaur Dan

A delightful story about a dinosaur.

Word Count: 197
Text type: Narrative – fantasy

◆10-d　 Bad Weather, Good Weather

Different people have different points of view on the weather.

Word Count: 181
Text type: Discussion

◆10-e　 Sonny Gets Lost

Poor Sonny the dog is lost – will he find his way home?

Word Count: 194
Text type: literary fiction

◆10-f　 The Nosey Spider

A spider lives in the house and is getting in everyones way.

Word Count: 199
Text type: Narrative – fantasy

◆10-g　 Places Where People Live

Different people live in different types of places. Read about some of them in this book.

Word Count: 189
Text type: Information report

◆10-h　 The Moon Landing

Aliens are landing on their moon – will it be a smooth landing?

Word Count: 189
Text type: Literary recount – Realistic fiction

FREE Teaching Guides

You can download free teaching guides for the books. They include reduced-size pages from each book along with detailed instructions for using each book with a class.
The teaching guides also contain 2 worksheets per book! After reading the book, have the students do the fun worksheets which check comprehension and give reading/writing practice.

>>Downloadable Teaching Guides