Markia Jenai is an African American illustrator from Detroit, MI. She works in the realm of historical fiction and non-fiction. Markia has illustrated artwork for middle-grade chapter books such as Lena and the Burning of Greenwood, the board book The Story of Juneteenth and the graphic novel It's Her Story: Josephine Baker.
Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3-5. In this thrilling graphic novel, siblings Flynn and Sam have to save the world from being overrun by an evil monster who aims to plunge Earth into complete darkness ... Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters. The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ ay, a-e, ey /ee/ ea /igh/ i-e, i /oa/ o, ow, o-e /oo/ ew, ou /ow/ ou /or/ al, our, aw /ur/ ear, or, ir /e/ ea /i/ y. Pages 30 and 31 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.