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This multidisciplinary Handbook is the first attempt to pull together in one volume the research on children’s and young adult literature which is currently scattered across three intersecting disciplines: education, English, and library and information science. The book’s organization reflects the special interests of each of these disciplines. Section one focuses on readers, the province of education; section two on the analysis of text, the province of English and literature; and section three looks at the social contexts surrounding and influencing the intersections...

A hybrid between storybook and textbook, Book of Stories is for use with the Words in Color family of literacy materials. Learners begin by decoding simple sentences involving few combinations of sounds and spellings. The book progresses to include full paragraphs with punctuation, capital letters, and the most common of the 400+ sound-spellings in American English. Even the trickiest words are made meaningful through the down-to-Earth stories of family life.

What bones have you got in your body? Where are they? Are they big or are they small? Find out all about the different bones in your body in this simple non-fiction report accompanied with photographs and drawings.

Read B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion

Text type: A simple information text.

Pictures of children and a skeleton on pages 14-15 are labelled with all the bones covered in the book to show where they are in relation to the whole body.

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What different objects can children use during play? Find out in this photographic non-fiction book.

Pink/1A - A simple non-fiction book.

Text type: Non-fiction.

Focus phonemes: s, a, t, i, p, n, m, d.

Photos of each of the items on pages 14-15 help children to recap the book and provide a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities."

How did we first try to get to the Moon? What were the first creatures in space? And why do footprints never disappear on the Moon? Find out all about space travel and Moon landings in this simple non-fiction report accompanied by amazing photographs.

Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.

Text type: A simple non-fiction report.

A diagram of some of the different attempts to get to the moon on pages 14-15 help children recap and provide a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities.

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Let's get creative and have fun Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material and follow this simple instruction text to make your own cool frog or snake hand puppet. Photographically illustrated the lively, colourful images show each stage and each instruction clearly for children to follow.

- Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.

- Text type: A simple instruction text.

- Photographs of each instruction on pages 14-15 help children to recap each instruction.

- Curriculum...

Pop-up books possess universal appeal. Everyone from preschoolers to adults loves to see and tactilely experience the beautiful three-dimensional work of Robert Sabuda, David A. Carter, and other pop-up book creators. Sabuda himself was inspired to become a pop-up book artist after experiencing the 1972 classic pop-up "The Adventures of Super Pickle." The effect of these movable books on young minds is uniquely powerful. Besides riveting children's attention, pop-up books can also help build motor skills, teach cause and effect, and develop spatial understanding of objects.

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"Hello Hi-Lo: Readers Theatre Math" offers a proven way for teachers to build reading fluency in their classrooms, even if students do not all read at the same level. The book offers 15 readers theatre plays, each of which includes various levels of readability within one script. The plays thus provide lower-level readers the opportunity to follow along with accelerated reading parts, building confidence by reading aloud at their own levels.

Each play includes speakers for three different grade levels of readability: 4th grade and lower, 5th-6th grade, and 7th-8th grade. Concepts are...

This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques. The book includes 175 easy-to-understand strategies, lessons, checklists, and forms for effective classroom management and over 50 reproducible samples teachers can adopt immediately for planning, evaluation, or assignments. It is filled with creative and functional ideas for reading response...

A wonderful anthology of poetry by award winning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura.

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

- Text type: A poetry book.

- An illustration on pages 22 and 23 encourages children to recap the poems they have read in the anthology.

- Curriculum links: Art and Design: Portraying relationships; Music: Play it again - exploring rhythmic patterns; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world