Stephen Rickard 
Old, Older, Oldest [PDF ebook] 

A first person narrative about being young, being older and being the oldest. Old, Older, Oldest is a book-banded reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Yellow Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 143-word first-person narrative is suitable for ages 5 – 6. Old, Older, Oldest features a short, structured text wth accessible vocabulary, has more variation in sentence structure with some repetition in patterns. Punctuation includes comma, full stops, exclamation and question marks, and direct speech. Old, Older, Oldest is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book band levels (Pink through to Lime).