From the pyramids in Egypt to the Sydney Opera House, landmarks have been built all over the world. Find out what makes them so special.

- Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.

- Text type--an information book.

- A map of the world on pages 22 and 23 shows the location of all the landmarks.

- Curriculum links--Geography: -The location and characteristics of a range of the world's most significant human and physical features.-

A wonderful collection of creation stories from Australia, telling how the koala lost his tale, the kangaroo got her pouch, as well as how the birds got their colours.