Turquoise Band 7
Nibble, Nosh an nasher
Letters and Sounds Phase 5–6
Phonemes covered: /m/ mb, /r/ wr, /s/ c, /n/ gn, kn, /c/ que, x, /sh/ ci
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Nibble, Nosh and and Gnasher Gnashher were were hhard ard a att w workk cleaning their planet when Galaxy Express hit a gloopy wreck hen the G l of rubbish. Could they save it from crashing? Browse the complete Collins catalogue at
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A fiction story
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In the furthest, most-deserted sector of space, a colossal ball of garbage floated in the darkness. Everything horrible that you could ever imagine was glued together with piles of toxic, slimy goo!
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The Galaxy Express was running late, so it took a shortcut. Squish! Squash! Splat! The spaceship piled into the massive gloopy wreck of rubbish. “The steering wheel is stuck!” cried the commander of the Galaxy Express.
The ship is out of control!
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Not far away, the Clean Team were hard at work. Nosh, Gnasher and Nibble were crunching scraps of antique rockets and burnt-out shooting stars that had fallen on Knick-Knack, the little planet they called home.
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Nibble got an urgent message. “It’s an emergency,” she told Nosh and Gnasher.
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“Help! The Galaxy Express needs an extreme clean. It’s out of control and heading your way. You have 958 space seconds until it crashes into your planet!”
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“Quick! Call a space taxi,” Nibble cried. “We have to stop this catastrophe!”
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