Magic Poems by John Foster (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1187

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Poetry

Number of pages: 32

Reading Age: 8-10 Interest Level: 6-12

Notes: Larger format with full colour illustrations throughout. A collection of poems by a variety of poets about every kind of magic you can think of including the Marvellous Trousers.

 

Jamela's Dress by Niki Daly (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1200

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Number of pages: 30

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.3 Interest Level LY

Book Band: White

Notes: When Mama brings home a beautiful piece of print material to make a special dress, she asks Jamela to look after it while it dries. Jamela just can't resist fingering the fabric, and wrapping it around her, until somehow…without meaning it to happen…she is dancing through the streets with the material, flowing in zigzags, circles and stars, to chants of "Kwela Jamela African Queen!"

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: The Giggle Club

Number of pages: 16

Reading Age: 5-7 Interest Level: 4-8

Book Band: Orange

Notes: "I'm a big wide-mouthed frog!" shouts the wide-mouthed frog at every creature he meets. But sometimes it's better to keep a big wide mouth shut! 

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: Folk tales of the world

Number of pages: 26

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.4 Interest Level MY

Notes: Long ago it was always daylight. Night was kept a prisoner below the waters. Then night was set free and with night came beautiful birds and animals. A creation myth from the Amazon, explaining the origin of night. Full colour illustrations throughout.

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: Folk tales of the world

Number of pages: 27

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 2.6 Interest Level MY

Notes: Stories from many lands tell of crafty rabbit and his trickery. This story, first told by North American Indians, explains the origins of fire. Full colour illustrations throughout.

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: Folk tales of the world

Number of pages: 29

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Notes: This is a story from India that tells why tigers eat their food uncooked, and of how cats came to live with people.

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: Folk tales of the world

Number of pages: 30

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 2.2 Interest Level MY

Notes: Tortoise dreams of a miraculous tree, bearing all the fruits of the earth - but who will be clever enough to find it? A charming, cumulative tale from Africa. Ideal for reading aloud.

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: Folk tales of the world

Number of pages: 31

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 2.4 Interest Level MY

Notes: A lively legend from Australia. Joanna Troughton has captured all the fun of an Australian Dreamtime story, as well as the drama of the waterless heat of summer, and the relief of the first rain.

 

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Series: Folk tales of the world

Number of pages: 32

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.8 Interest Level MY

Notes: Prince Chandra saves his brothers and beautiful Princess Laila from the clutches of the cruel wizard Punchkin in this exciting folk tale from India.

 

The Wonderful Journey by Paul Geraghty (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1216

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Number of pages: 26

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-6

Notes: Every Wednesday Grandma and Sam visit the railway yard to see the big steam train, and to imagine all the places it could take them. On their last visit Grandma takes Sam on a wonderful journey. High across the sky, over vast plains and great mountains they fly with the flamingos - right to the other side of the world. They bask in a soda lake, they join a pride of lions in the midday sun, they travel the mountain forests ... Grandma is going away, but through her wonderful story she shows Sam how he can visit her whenever he wants, simply by keeping her in his heart.