A Book Of Very Short Poems by Michael Harrison (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1281

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

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

Number of pages: 80

Reading Age 8-10 Interest Level: 7-11

Notes: All the poems in this book are short. Some are only three words long but they say a lot. Black and white illustrations throughout. Poets include Walter de la Mare, Jeanne Willis, Ogden Nash, William Blake, and Roger McGough.

 

Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1283

Type: Book

Key Stages: 2 - 3

Description

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

This title is also available to borrow as a single copy

Number of pages: 163

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

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 4.7 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Dark Red

Notes: I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven't got your safety harness on, you haven't got your lifejacket on. You shouldn't be doing this…I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream. Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up to die. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, fuit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone.

 

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The Switch by Anthony Horowitz (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1284

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

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

Number of pages: 188

Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 10-14

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 4.5 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Dark Blue

Notes: Tad Spencer, only son of a fabulously rich businessman, has everything a boy could wish for. But one evening he makes the major mistake of wishing he was someone else. A switch takes place and when he wakes, he's Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by petty criminals, mysterious fortune-tellers and the murderous Finn. Worse is to follow, though, as Tad is subjected to monstrous experiments, uncovering home truths that put his very life in danger…

 

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1299

Type: Book

Key Stages: 2 - 3

Description

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

Series: Alex Rider

Number of pages: 230

Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 10-14

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.1 Interest Level MY+

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Notes: When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Within days he's gone from schoolboy to superspy. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises; then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission. But Alex soon finds himself in mortal danger. It looks as if his first assignment may well be his last…

 

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Holes by Louis Sachar (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1311

Type: Book

Key Stages: 2 - 3

Description

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

This title is also available to borrow as a single copy

Number of pages: 233

Reading Age: 12-14 Interest Level: 12-16

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 4.6 Interest Level UY

Book Band: Dark Red

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Notes: Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile detention centre. At Camp Green Lake the boys must dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the dried lake bed. The Warden claims the labour is character building, but it is a lie. Stanley must dig up the truth.

 

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Description

Format: Book and CD

Notes: Continued support for phonics teaching with this song and cd pack containing lively songs and original activities.

  • Songs and chants using traditional and original melodies
  • Photocopiable flash cards
  • Audio cd contains lively performance tracks

1 book and cd

 

Description

Format: Book and CD

Notes:This songbook can be used to support phonic programmes and is bursting with stimulating play based activities to teach first steps in phonics.

  • Easy to learn songs and chants using traditional and original melodies
  • Photocopiable illustrations and letter cards
  • Audio cd containing lively performance tracks

1 book and cd

 

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1319

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Illus. novel

Series: Young Reading Series 2

Number of pages: 64

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

Book Band: Lime

Notes: Classic story. Gerda and Kay are best friends, until Kay suddenly changes. Then he is kidnapped by the wicked Snow Queen and everyone thinks he is lost forever. But Gerda is determined to rescue him and sets out on a lonely, dangerous quest to the frozen north.

 

The Billy Goats Gruff by Jane Bingham (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1320

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Illus. novel

Series: Young Reading Series 1

Number of pages: 48

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 6-9

Book Band: Gold

Notes: Attractive new addition to our easy readers coloured illustrations on each page. Book divided into 7 short chapters.

 

The Gold In The Grave by Terry Deary (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1322

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading - 6 copies per set) - Illus. novel

Series: Egyptian tales

Number of pages: 62

Reading Age: 7-9 Interest Level: 7-10

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.8 Interest Level LY

Book Band: Brown

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Notes: Tutankhamen has just been buried in his rocky tomb but there is a plot to rob the grave. The youngest member of the band of villains is Paneb, who is small enough to slip into the treasure chamber. It's a risky venture - if he's caught, the punishment is slow torture and death. Egyptian tales are exciting, funny stories based on real events.