Two best friends who live in houses across the road from each other try to communicate without technology one weekend. Their best effort involves putting a loop of string between their bedroom windows and attaching a note to it. All is going well until a squirrel jumps onto the string and wrecks their invention.

Phonics overview (see Teacher Resources page for more details):

• Builds on knowledge gained from Reading Road 3 (simple code, complex code, 27 alternate graphemes)
• Introduction of 19 new alternate graphemes for known phonemes
• Inside front cover focuses on some of the alternate graphemes and gives focus words for the book
• Inside back cover gives suggested discussion points for after reading
• Fully decodable text (with some tricky words)
• Reinforcement and consolidation of phonics knowledge learnt in the Sunshine Phonics Decodables programme
• All new, modern characters and story themes that upper primary age students can relate to
• Black and white age-appropriate illustrations
• 28 pages
• 148mm x 210mm
• Free teaching notes and student worksheets available from the Teacher Resources page