The Pet Detective has his work cut out when his favourite football goes missing. With his dog, Rooney, he sets out to follow the clues; an open window; a missing football; a dirty big footprint; a bubblegum wrapper and a rustle in the bushes. It isn t long before the Pet Detective has located the culprit.

Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.

Text type - A story by the same author.

A storyboard on pages 22 and 23 provides an opportunity for children to retell the story in their own words.

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The Pet Detective faces a special challenge when Kara's pet tortoise, Rocket, goes missing. Has the tortoise been squashed on a motorway? Eaten by a hungry goat? Chewed up by a dog? The Pet Detective follows the clues to find out what's happened.

- Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.

- Text type - A story by the same author.

- A final double page spread shows all the things a Pet Detective needs on a case to support recapping the story.

- Curriculum links - Science: Plants and animals in the local...

Far, far away, in deep, dark space, was a star. A tiny twinkle. But it was Star Boy s home. Star Boy lived there all alone, with only his robot, Ace, for company. And although Ace was fun to play with, he was just a robot. For his birthday, all Star Boy wanted was a surprise but how could a robot think of a surprise?

This deceptively simple science fiction story explores ideas of friendship and understanding.

Text type - A fantasy story.

Pictures taken through the Space Girl s viewer are featured on pages 22 and 23, showing views from her rocket and snap shots of the birthday...