Kirjahaku

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 bookPages 14 and 15 include an index, and a visual reminder of Kim's location from her classroom – school – city – country – Earth, which can be used to check comprehension and as a model for further independent work.Curriculum links – Geography: Around my school.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Artist Jon Stuart shows how he produces computer-generated images. The process starts with a simple block of cubes, which are added to, given texture, before being bent, stretched, twisted into the correct shape and size. He then adds background, lighting and colour to bring the whole scene to life.

Every child’s dream; a robot that tidies your room! But in this wordless picture book, the advantage-taking boy discovers his wised-up robot messing everything up again! Hiding the mess, the boy goes out to play… before all is revealed and Mum turns to the robot herself. Lilac/Band 0 – wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.Text type – FantasyA picture summary on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to recap and retell the story in their own words.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level What is a carbon footprint? Why do we think that the climate is changing? How does climate change affect our lives? And most important of all, what can we do about it? In partnership with the children’s charity Plan, this book explores the topical issue of Climate Change and what it means through the experiences of children around the world. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.Text type: A non-chronological report.A spider diagram on pages 30-31 help children to quickly identioy and recap the action points for each country covered in the book.Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills.Curriculum links: Georgraphy: Passpaort to the world, Weather around the world; Science: Characteristics of materials.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. Millions of people travel by plane. Find out what happens at the airport and on the plane. Purple Band non-fiction titles provide more in-depth information and technical vocabulary than in previous bands. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.