A patterned picture book about a family outing to the beach. The children are delighted when they spot seagulls, an ice-cream van, sand and even what they believe to be the sea, but are they at the beach yet? Lisa Smith's illustrations capture the children's excitement as they wait impatiently for their journey to end.
Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
Text type - A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
Pages 14 and 15 show a labelled beach scene, incorporating the key words...
A patterned picture book about a family outing to the beach. The children are delighted when they spot seagulls, an ice-cream van, sand and even wh...
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, banded to help teachers choose the right book for every
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fict...
This colourful and informative book is presented as a scrapbook of mementoes from Amy s visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos, it gives information on how the islands of the Pacific wre formed, how villagers live, and about the kinds of animals and plants that grow there.
This colourful and informative book is presented as a scrapbook of mementoes from Amy s visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos, it gives information on how the islands of the Pacific wre formed, how villagers live, and about the kinds of animals and plants that grow there....
This colourful and informative book is presented as a scrapbook of mementoes from Amy s visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos,...
"Collins Big Cat" is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child
"Collins Big Cat" is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fict...
Do you look forward to the annual cheese-rolling? Or have you taken part in a dragonboat race? Perhaps you have danced in the street as part of a big street carnival. All around the world people take part in traditions that might seem unusual, but are great fun for everyone who joins in Find out about all these and more in this information book.
Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
Text type - Non-chronological report.
An index is shown on page 21, and a labelled map of the world on pages 22 and 23 showing where the...
Do you look forward to the annual cheese-rolling? Or have you taken part in a dragonboat race? Perhaps you have danced in the street as part of a b...
A poor stone cutter who wished he was a rich man has his wish granted. He then keeps changing his wish, and each wish is granted. Finally he wishes himself back as he was at the start of the story.
Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.
Text type - A story from another culture (Japan).
The flowcharts on pages 22 and 23 illustrate the story in sequence, providing opportunities for speaking and listening, and scaffolding writing.
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, banded to help teachers choose the right book for every
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fict...
This is a non-fiction information book about Kim, who tells us about the location of her school. The book shows the exact whereabouts of Kim's classroom within her school, and then expands to locate her school in her city, country and the world. Illustrations include labelled photographs, simple maps, aerial maps and an image of the Earth.
Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.
Text type - An information book
Pages 14 and 15 include an index, and a visual reminder of Kim's location from her classroom school city country Earth, which can be...
This is a non-fiction information book about Kim, who tells us about the location of her school. The book shows the exact whereabouts of Kim's clas...
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading programme for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, bookbanded to help teachers choose the right book for
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading programme for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fi...