Collins Big Cat
2 total works
Sally Prue's gripping retelling of Shakespeare's devastating tragedy is both shocking and riveting. Find out how far Iago will go to get revenge on Othello, and what the terrible consequences will be.
Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.
Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage
Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage
World War 2 is over and things in Britain are changing. For Philip and his family this means moving out, from the grey, cramped city to wide open spaces. But Gran doesn't want to leave her home for so many years. What will the family do?
* Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
* A pros and cons list of moving to a New Town on pages 54 and 55 help children to analyse the decision making process.
* Text type: A story set in the past
* This book is paired with Hard Times, a non-fiction non-chronological report about growing up in the Victorial age.
* Curriculum links: History: How life in Britain has changed since 1948; Citizenship: Moving on, Choices
* This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.