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 77 words
• Sentences per page: 2 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.

◆3-a　 At the Fair

A simple story about animal friends at a fair.

Word Count: 76
Text Type: Literary Recount

◆3-b　 Going to the Moon

Up to the moon go two astronauts!

Word Count: 75
Text type: Narrative

◆3-c　 Funny Fish　

See some pictures and read about some strange fish in our world.

Word Count: 86
Text type: Information Report

◆3-d　 Where Is My Bear?

Where can the bear be hiding??

Word Count: 73
Text type: Narrative – Realistic Fiction

◆3-e　 Animal Babies

Read about animal babies. Accompanied by striking photos.

Word Count: 75
Text type: Information Report

◆3-f　 Where Is Patch?

Patch the kitten if hiding – where can he be?

Word Count: 73
Text type: Narrative

◆3-g　 Carla Crocodile Goes Shoe Shopping

Carla goes shopping, and gets up to all sorts of things!

Word Count: 77
Text type: Literary Recount

◆3-h　 Truck and Other Big Machines

This informative book tells provided information about machines.

Word Count: 79
Text type: Information Report

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