{"product_id":"oxford-english-home-language-grade-1-big-book-2","title":"Oxford English Home Language Grade 1 Big Book 2","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOxford English Home Language – Grade 1 Big Book 2 | Oxford University Press\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOxford English Home Language Grade 1 Big Book 2\u003c\/strong\u003e is a CAPS-aligned large-format shared reading resource published by Oxford University Press, continuing the structured early literacy programme begun in \u003cem\u003eBig Book 1\u003c\/em\u003e. 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