Mike Phillips

This series approaches synthetic phonetics in a progressive and cumulative way. This gives children the confidence and ability to read unfamiliar words without having to rely on memory or guesswork, which helps them progress towards independent reading.

Squat is simply minding his own business in his hovel when his friend Big Jim invites him to join the Green Men of Gressingham. If only Squat had known. Soon he is living as an outlaw in the forest and taking on the dreadful Sir Jack de Zack.