Welcome to My City

by Charlotte Raby

Published 22 May 2017
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Come on a tour of four exciting – and very different – cities! Find out what it’s like to live in Bristol, Paris, Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi, and discover:

  • fun things to do
  • important landmarks and history
  • how the local landscape and climate have affected life in each city.
  • Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.
  • Text type – An information book.
  • The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.
  • The glossary and index on pages 44 and 45 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.
  • Curriculum links – Geography – locational knowledge

Seasons Scrapbook

by Charlotte Raby

Published 1 September 2011

Follow one girl as she visits the park at different points of the year, collecting objects and pictures for her scrapbook to show the differences between the seasons. Wonderfully illustrated in vivid colours by Christine Jenny, this non-fiction book is written by Charlotte Raby. What would you put in your seasons scrapbook?

  • Pink B/Band 1B books offer simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions
  • Children can re-cap the changing seasons on pages 14–15.
  • Text type: A non-fiction recount
  • Curriculum links: Geography: Weather around the world