Mega Plants

by Steve Parker

Published 2 May 2016
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Plants are amazing, different around the world – and the biggest living things ever. There are leaves twice as long as a bus, flowers that attract insects by smelling like dead bodies, and trees that grow taller than the Statue of Liberty or weigh ten times as much as a blue whale!

  • Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
  • 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 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.
  • Curriculum links – Science

Discover Mars!

by Steve Parker

Published 2 September 2013

Mars is the closest planet to Earth, but how much do we know about it? Written by science author Steve Parker, this fact-packed book takes a look at the physical features of the planet and at the amazing exploration that has been done on Mars.

  • Mars is the closest planet to Earth, but how much do we know about it? Written by science author Steve Parker, this fact-packed book takes a look at the physical features of the planet and at the amazing exploration that has been done on Mars.
  • Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language
  • Photographs of Mars taken from space on pages 14–15 help children recap and provide a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities.
  • Text type: An information book
  • Curriculum links: Science