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.

⇒「Springboard again! Of course!!!」(Insights from Matthew’s Classroom)

■ 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 140 words
• Sentences per page: 4 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.

◆8-a　 Thumper’s Sore Paw

Thumper the pet dog has a saw paw and need to go to the vet.

Word Count: 136
Text type: Narrative- Realistic fiction

◆8-b　 Life in the Trees

Many animals live in trees – find out about some of them in this book.

Word Count: 147
Text type: Information report

◆8-c　 Walter the Walter Taxi　

Walter the Water Taxi just wants to be as big as all the other boats in the harbour.

Word Count: 140
Text type: Narrative – fantasy

◆8-d　 A New Place to Live

A delightful story about farm animals who go on a journey to find a new place to live.

Word Count: 144
Text type: Narrative – fantasy

◆8-e　 Dad’s Phone

Dad”s lost his phone – the whole family joins in to look for it , Where will they find it?

Word Count: 142
Text type: Narrative – Realistic fiction

◆8-f　 A Visit to the Library

Has your library got the same features as the one in this book?

Word Count: 138
Text type: Factual recount

◆8-g　 Zippy Zebra Finds a Friend

Zippy Zebra is trying to find a friend to play with – does Zippy succeed?

Word Count: 142
Text type: Narrative

◆8-h　 Trains

Read some interesting information about different types of trains

Word Count: 142
Text type: Factual description

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