What People Say
"I am writing, not only to thank you for sending me the books, but for writing them. Since starting the series my son's reading has gone from strength to strength ... and he rereads the earlier books as he enjoys them. You can't really ask for more than that."
Parent
"My son loves the books and will do the worksheets willingly. The stickers are beautiful. He thinks they're great."
Parent, UK
"Thank you so much for the wonderful worksheets."
Teacher, UK
"Thank you for writing such an incredible series of books."
Parent UK
"I have seen a great improvement in the children’s reading and writing. The children who have been introduced to Jelly and Bean have shown increasing fluency and confidence throughout each series. The children are eager to complete the worksheets and adore the books. … Thank you from all your Jelly and Bean fans."
Learning Needs Assistant, Manchester
"The books are very useful and increased my son’s confidence as they are not too difficult. He enjoyed reading them."
Parent, Harrow
"I would like to say that I do like your Jelly and Bean series and regret that it took me so long to find out about you."
Teacher, Cheshire
"The series has been so brilliant in helping my daughter to read, I wouldn’t want any other young readers to miss out. Many thanks and well done for writing such a fab reading scheme."
Parent, Cornwall
"My son’s reading has come on in leaps and bounds."
Parent of 5-year-old, Hertford
"My son loves the Jelly and Bean books you sent us."
Parent, Hertford
"I just want to let you know that these books have been brilliant. I will certainly recommend them to people."
Parent, London
"I just wanted to write to you and tell you how pleased I am that I ordered the Jelly and Bean books. The illustrations are beautiful…"
English teacher, Japan
"Your books are great – for a non-teacher, gran and daughter, they are quite brilliant."
Parent, Surrey
"I borrowed the B Series from my granddaughter’s school as she is having great problems with reading. However, the progress she has made with almost daily help has been astonishing. Excellent books."
Grandparent and retired head teacher, Northamptonshire
"Thank you for your wonderful Jelly and Bean books. The children have simply loved them. Their desire to read has become the contagious infection running right round the school. I would never have predicted how popular they would be, but there is something about them that makes the children prefer a Jelly and Bean book to the others."
Head teacher of a Montessori school, Cumbria
"Thank you for the Jelly and Bean worksheets. They are brilliant and we knew they would be."
Teacher, North Yorkshire
"I’m thrilled with your reading scheme."
Montessori school teacher, South Africa
"We introduced your books in September. What a success! We now have children who weren’t really interested in reading asking (sometimes begging!) to read."
Special needs support assistant, West Berkshire
"Your books are a delight. The structure, e.g. the NLS word link, and the artwork are a pleasure."
Support Services, Derbyshire
"The quality of your books and activity sheets is excellent."
Teacher, North Yorkshire
"The children really enjoy the books and it has improved their confidence in reading dramatically."
Teacher, Cheshire
"Your excellent books are just what our school needs."
Teacher, West Sussex
"Within seconds of meeting Marlene Greenwood her passion for teaching children to read is evident. She really cares about what she does and her enthusiasm is so infectious that I was encouraged to start using her books with my son. My son has just started school and has loved books from a very early age so I’m keen to help him learn. I’d tried using other books but we never really got off the ground with these. However, my son loves the Jelly and Bean books and the only problem I have now is being pestered to read with him all the time!"
Mother of 4½-year-old, North Yorkshire.