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Ali Sparkes

Ali Sparkes

Ali is a journalist and BBC broadcaster who regularly exploits her sons, as an in-house focus group for her children's novels. She reckons it's a fair trade for being used as a walking food and drink vending machine.

Ali was a local newspaper reporter and columnist before joining BBC Radio Solent as a producer and presenter and then chucked in the safe job to be dangerously freelance and write scripts and manuscripts. Her first venture was as a comedy columnist on Woman's Hour and later on Home Truths.

She grew up adoring adventure stories about kids who mess about in the woods and still likes to mess about in the woods herself whenever possible. Ali lives with her husband and two sons in Southampton.

Ali’s stories capture the imagination of children everywhere, and her novel Frozen in Time won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2010.

Find out more about Ali and her books at www.alisparkes.com.

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Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: Class Pack A

Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: Class Pack A

This Level 11 class pack A is for struggling older readers.

Illustrator Aleksei Bitskoff, Author Timothy Knapman, Author Ali Sparkes, Author Cas Lester, Author Sheryl Webster, Illustrator Miriam Serafin, Author Nathan Holder, Illustrator Evelline Andrya, Author Stella Botchway, Illustrator Sara Cristofori, Illustrator Komal Pahwa, and Illustrator Frederica Frenna


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978-1382043953

Pack | 27/06/2024

Price:  £321.00

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Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: Mixed Pack A

Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: Mixed Pack A

This Level 11 mixed pack A is for struggling older readers.

Illustrator Aleksei Bitskoff, Author Timothy Knapman, Author Ali Sparkes, Author Cas Lester, Author Sheryl Webster, Illustrator Miriam Serafin, Author Nathan Holder, Illustrator Evelline Andrya, Author Stella Botchway, Illustrator Sara Cristofori, Illustrator Komal Pahwa, and Illustrator Frederica Frenna


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978-1382043960

Pack | 27/06/2024

Price:  £54.00

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Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: A Magnet for Mayhem

Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: A Magnet for Mayhem

An exciting story for older readers at Level 11.

Author Ali Sparkes and Illustrator Miriam Serafin


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978-1382043762

Paperback | 27/06/2024

Price:  £9.40

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Readerful: Oxford Reading Levels 8-13, Y3/P4: Post-Phonics Fluency Pack for Year 3/P4

Readerful: Oxford Reading Levels 8-13, Y3/P4: Post-Phonics Fluency Pack for Year 3/P4

Build reading fluency with a class library for reading aloud and independent reading (42 books x 3).

Author Roopa Farooki, Author Isabel Thomas, Author Ali Sparkes, Illustrator Aleksandar Zolotic, Illustrator Bea Tormo, and Illustrator Peng Yuna


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978-1382049023

Pack | 21/03/2024

Price:  £993.00

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Readerful: Year 3/Primary 4: Books for Sharing Singles Pack A (Pack of 6)

Readerful: Year 3/Primary 4: Books for Sharing Singles Pack A (Pack of 6)

Motivate your class to read! 6 picture books to read aloud.

Illustrator Maribel Lechuga, Author Isabel Thomas, Author Ali Sparkes, Illustrator Mike Phillips, Author Stella Botchway, and Illustrator Marc Moynihan


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978-1382048965

Pack | 07/03/2024

Price:  £54.00

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Readerful Books for Sharing: Year 3/Primary 4: How Old?

Readerful Books for Sharing: Year 3/Primary 4: How Old?

Learn about how old animals surrounding us are - you may be surprised!

Author Ali Sparkes, Series Editor James Clements, and Illustrator Jojo Clinch


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978-1382040808

Paperback | 07/03/2024

Price:  £9.50

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Readerful Books for Sharing: Year 2/Primary 3: It's Me, the Bee

Readerful Books for Sharing: Year 2/Primary 3: It's Me, the Bee

Let Polly the bee show you around her hive.

Author Ali Sparkes, Series Editor James Clements, and Illustrator Christine Cuddihy


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978-1382040693

Paperback | 01/02/2024

Price:  £8.50

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Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Reflect: Oxford Reading Levels 18-20: Mixed Pack

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Reflect: Oxford Reading Levels 18-20: Mixed Pack

Mixed pack of emotionally powerful Reflect books, Levels 18-20

Series Editor Nikki Gamble, Author Michaela Morgan, Illustrator Alex Paterson, Author John Dougherty, Author Ali Sparkes, Author Jim Eldridge, Illustrator Liz Kay, Author Becky Dickinson, Author David Macphail, Illustrator Christiane Engel, Illustrator Selom Sunu, Author Sally Prue, Author Jane Lawes, and others


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978-1382008174

Paperback | 06/01/2022

Price:  £112.25

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Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Reflect: Oxford Reading Levels 18-20: Class Pack

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Reflect: Oxford Reading Levels 18-20: Class Pack

Class pack of emotionally powerful Reflect books, Levels 18-20

Series Editor Nikki Gamble, Author Michaela Morgan, Illustrator Alex Paterson, Author John Dougherty, Author Ali Sparkes, Author Jim Eldridge, Illustrator Liz Kay, Author Becky Dickinson, Author David Macphail, Illustrator Christiane Engel, Illustrator Selom Sunu, Author Sally Prue, Author Jane Lawes, and others


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978-1382008181

Paperback | 06/01/2022

Price:  £637.50

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Night Forever

Night Forever

Electrifying final instalment of the Night Speakers series

Author Ali Sparkes


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978-0-19-274999-4

Paperback | 07/05/2020

Price:  £6.99

Also available as an ebook
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