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"""Songbirds"" is a new Phonics series from ""Oxford Reading Tree"". It comprises real stories written by the best-selling author of ""The Gruffulo"", Julia Donaldson. All the stories are phonic stories that support the latest curriculum developments. ""Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds"" provide: fully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 36 books over 6 stages; opportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends; lively illustrations by a variety of artists; flexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching; and an exciting interactive CD-Rom to accompany Stages 1+ - 3. Stage 3 titles practise the sound made by the following letters: ""The Big Match"" - ck ng qu x; ""The Shopping List"" - This book introduces words with consonant clusters at the end; ""Gran is Cross"" - This book introduces words with consonant clusters at the beginning; ""The Trunk and the Skunk"" - This book introduces words with consonant clusters at the end and the beginning; ""The Scrap Rocket"" - This book practises words with consonant clusters at the end and the beginning; and ""Splash and Squelch"" - This book practices words with consonant clusters at the end and the beginning."