The skills books are designed to encourage beginner readers and writers to engage with print. Themes in the skills books are fun and interesting. They contain specially graded activities, which will appeal to young children. The 'make-a-book' pages will be particularly popular. These skills books, together with the handwriting books, have been designed to promote language development. The Stairways and Rooftops skills books are designed to support, complement and extend the reading materials in the storybooks. Again, the themes in the skills books are fun and interesting. They contain specially graded activities, which will appeal to the children. The section on phonemic awareness will be particularly useful.