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Can't find any reliable sources from news media, no evidence of notability outside of primary sources. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 18:57, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
    1. Root, Betty (1986). In Defence of Reading Schemes. Reading: Reading and Language Information Centre, University of Reading School of Education. p. 7. ISBN 0-7049-0366-0. Retrieved 2025-11-02 – via Internet Archive.

      The book notes: "One, Two, Three and Away! Collins 1964. Although the first publishing date of this scheme appears to suggest it might be outdated, this is by no means true. One, Two, Three and Away! first appeared as a series of twelve readers but these were so well received it has now been extended into a very comprehensive reading programme containing big books and little books, 114 readers, early reading card games, 8 phonic card games, work books, comprehension cards, STILE activities, wooden and felt character figures etc. The continued success of this programme lies in the quality of story the books contain and a publisher sensitive to the growing needs of teachers. It has never remained static and the author, Sheila McCullagh, has consistently added more imaginative resources to keep this scheme in the forefront of popularity. Although the vocabulary is well controlled in the early stages it is not contrived. One, Two, Three and Away certainly provides children with a good long runway so that they are able to launch themselves into fluent independent reading"

    2. Root, Betty (1983-01-07). "Leading readers along the right path: Betty Root surveys some of the available materials". The Times Educational Supplement. Retrieved 2025-11-02 – via Internet Archive.

      The article notes: "One Two Three and Away Hart Davis) is an excellent illustration of how this can be achieved. Sheila McCullagh magically continues to extend this series without any loss of quality; she remains sensitive to the needs of teachers and children in all she writes. One Two Three and Away, despite Its 166 items, is not difficult to organize in a classroom. Recent additions include pre-readers 9-12; Introductory M-P (making 38 little books before Book 1); and six new Hum-mingbirds, with some easier Hummingbirds promised later. The publisher, Learning Development Aids, has recently provided a One, Two Three and Away version of Stile, which contains a variety of activities associated with the readers. Stile is very popular with children of all ages - it is both flexible and satisfying to use."

    3. "Reading and Composition: One, Two, Three and Away!". The Times Educational Supplement. No. 2591. 1965-01-15. p. 89. ProQuest 2312112759.

      The abstract notes: "This is a simple and attractive reading series for infants, with additional play and teaching material, which will please the busy teacher by its very simplicity. When copies were put in one book corner the children were immediately drawn to them, and once they had looked at the back, with its colourful map, and a suspicion of a mystery maze beloved of children's comics-- what a grand idea this! -the right motivation was apparent and the stories and delightful pictures by Eccles did the rest."

    4. Stone, Susheila (1988-11-11). "One, Two, Three and Away. Dual Language Support Packs: Bengali: Gujarati". The Times Educational Supplement. No. 3776. ProQuest 2250966646.

      The abstract notes: "Collins Educational have published 22 of the most popular titles in their One, Two, Three and Away reading scheme by Sheila McCullagh in dual language editions. Each pack of 22 titles is available in four versions: Bengali/ English, Punjabi/English, Gujarati/ English and Urdu/English."

    5. Harling, Paul (1982-07-16). "Read right on!: One Two Three and Away!". The Times Educational Supplement. No. 3446. p. 22. ProQuest 2637009390.

      The abstract notes: "Paul Harling on junior schemes". The entry notes: "Author of reviewed work McCullagh, Sheila; Flowerdew, Phyllis; Moon, Cliff; Dr Seuss".

    6. "One Two Three and Away! Nos. 7-12". The Times Educational Supplement. No. 2652. 1966-03-18. p. 831. ProQuest 2271668293.

      The entry notes: "Author of reviewed work McCullagh, Sheila K".

    7. "Janet and John for the high jump: Jeremy Bugler looks at the new reading books which are consigning the jerk-jerk chatter inanities to the dustbin". The Guardian. 1976-11-30. p. 13. ProQuest 185934809.

      The article notes: "A modern scheme ke One-Two-Three-And-Away!, by Sheila McCullagh, has an approach which ensures that when the children pick up their very first reading books they are in familiar territory. The ability to recognise word and decode is developed alongside the text, which is familiar because the children meet the schemes' characters — fellows called Roger Red Hat and Billy Blue Hat — before they start to read. 'he scheme's imaginary landscape — a place called The Village Wit!: Three Corners – is literally made by the children, who may play with models of the characters. The teacher tells them a story related to their books before they tackle them. Each story is a real story, with something happening, and very quickly the children are reading interesting stories."

    8. Sims, Patricia (2002) [2001]. Reasons and Remedies (2 ed.). Barnstaple, Devon: Mortimore Books. p. 80. ISBN 0-9536209-2-1. Retrieved 2025-11-02 – via Internet Archive.

      The book notes: "Having chosen an appropriate book, which will have only one, or perhaps two short sentences per page, the adult might read the entire book to the child. If the well-weathered One, Two, Three and Away! scheme (written by Sheila McCullagh and published by Collins Educational) were being used, for example, the adult would then return to the first page and say, "Here is Roger Red-hat", pointing in turn to each word as it is spoken (Introductory Book A). Then he says, "Which word do you want me to point to? You choose a word for me to point to", rereading the words as much as seems necessary to help the child and allowing him to help hold the book. When a word has been selected and duly pointed to, the adult chooses one from the remaining words for the child to point to, repeating and drawing attention to the text again, in a relaxed way and as much as is necessary to ensure suc-cess. Such a procedure could be repeated for say, two or even three more pages, so that the adult and child have perhaps covered, 'Here is Roger Red-hat', 'Here is Roger's hat', 'Roger's hat is red', 'Rip is Roger's dog' and 'Here is Mr. Red-hat'. The youngster is being encouraged to scan for words (this being an important skill for the future)."

    There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow One, Two, Three and Away! to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

    Cunard (talk) 08:34, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I'd like to hear some more opinions and reviews of sources brought into this discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 19:06, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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