How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (BOOK & CD)

Code: LB0054

Type: Book

Key Stages: 2 - 3

Description

Format: Listening Book - Book and CD

PAYU Price Code link:  Price Code D

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Number of pages: 227

Reading Age: 8-10 Interest Level: 7-11

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 6.6 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Dark Blue

Notes: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a young Viking, living in the village of Berk. Trained to hunt the dragons that plague the village, Hiccup forms an unlikely friendship with Toothless, an injured dragon.
The font used for 'Dragonese' is not as easy to read as the others and may cause some difficulties for less able readers.

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Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1560

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

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

This title is also available to borrow as a single copy

Number of Pages: 40

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level 6-10

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.5 Interest Level LY

BookNotes: One day a little boy is walking along when he trips, stumbles and falls… into the Stone Age!
He meets a girl his own age and her tribe, and learns all about their way of life. He watches them make tools, clothes and weapons. He sees how they hunt, fish, cook, celebrate - and even how they paint on the walls of caves.
But when a furious bear attacks, he wakes up back in his own time where everyone tells him it was only a dream. But was it?

 

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Description

Format: Bundle - teacher guide and texts

PAYU Price Code link:  Price Code B

Science Fiction, Science Fact! Ages 8-12 is a book for story-loving primary teachers who want to find a creative way to teach science. Contextualising science in a story that pupils know and love, the book contains a wide range of activities and investigations to help Key Stage 2 pupils engage in science learning, while also extending aspects of the English national curriculum. 

It is packed full of ideas for weaving science into cross-curricular lessons, and is an invigorating and essential resource for Key Stage 2 teachers and science coordinators seeking to inject some creativity into their science lessons. 

Each set loaned from LRH includes a teacher guide, and one copy of each featured text:

The Last Wild by Piers Torday

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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Michael Morpurgo (BARRINGTON STOKE BUNDLE - 6 TITLES)

Code: FBBS09

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Notes: This collection contains a variety of Barrington Stoke titles and series by Michael Morpurgo. (6 books)

"Barrington Stoke publishes award-winning, short novels by some of the best authors in the UK. Each title has been expertly edited to ensure they are accessible to every pupil, making them a satisfying quick win for confident readers and a rewarding achievement for those who have to work harder."

Barrington Stoke is a children's publishing house who specialise in titles for reluctant and dyslexic readers.  The books are printed on cream paper, which makes reading easier for dyslexics, the use of a specially adapted font and layout aim to increase the readability of their titles.  

Reading Age: 6-8, 8-10

Interest Level: 6-10, 7-11

Titles in image are for illustrative purposes only and actual bundle contents may vary.

 

Laugh out Loud BUNDLE (6 TITLES) - KS1

Code: FBB018

Type: Book

Key Stage: 1

Description

Notes:  A selection of rib-tickling picture books for 5-7 year olds.

This collection contains 6 individual titles

 

Laugh out Loud BUNDLE (6 TITLES) - KS2

Code: FBB019

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Notes: A selection of humorous stories for 7-11 year olds.

This collection contains 6 individual titles

 

The Legend of Kevin by Philip Reeve (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1578

Type: Book

Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

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

Number of pages: 158

Reading Age: 8-10 Interest Level: 7-10

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.4 Interest Level LY

Book Band: Grey

Notes: A little flying pony gets blown onto a high rise balcony during a storm, and helps the flat's resident to save the day when the town is flooded. Kevin the flying pony blows in on a magical storm and - DOOF! - crashes into the balcony outside Max's flat. As the storm waters rise and the town is besieged with creatures, Max and Kevin set about putting things right. With Max's quick thinking and a constant supply of biscuits for Kevin, there's nothing this heroic duo can't achieve!

Shortlisted for the inaugural The Alligator's Mouth Award 2019
Lollies Shortlist 2019
UKLA Book Awards Longlist 2020

 

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Description

PAYU Price Code link:  Price Code A

Notes: A collection of books about girls and women who have made a significant impact in their chosen field.

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Tilly and the Time Machine by Ade Edmondson (6 COPIES)

Code: BF1562

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

This title is also available to borrow as a single copy

Number of pages:224

Reading Age: 8-10  Interest level: 7-10

Book Band: Grey

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.6 Interest Level MY

Notes: Tilly is seven and a half - and about to make history.

When Tilly's dad builds a time machine in the shed there's only one place she really wants to go: back to her sixth birthday party, when she ate too many cupcakes and her mummy was still here.

But then something goes wrong! Tilly's dad gets stuck in the past and only she can save him…

Will they make it back in time for tea?

*End pages include a history quiz, time capsule activity, and story writing prompts

 

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Enchanted Woodland - KS1 (BOOK COLLECTION)

Code: FX0009

Type: Book

Key Stage: 1

Description

PAYU Price Code link:  Price Code A

If you go down to the woods today…..what would you expect to find, why The Gruffalo, A Stick Man, Goldilocks!

This collection features a selection of fairy tales and imaginary characters, non-fiction titles on trees, woodlands and forest and woodland creatures.

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