Collins Big Cat - Matti's Miracle: Band 15/Emerald: Band 15/Emerald Phase 7, Bk. 7

by Cliff Moon (Illustrator), Michael Foreman (Illustrator), Ann Jungman (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $11.91

  Berlin in 1938 is not a safe place to be if you're Jewish. For Matti and many other Jewish children it means being sent to England for safety. Placed with a foster family in the British countryside, Matti is happy but desperate for his parents to join him. He starts working on a plan, but will it work out in time? Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. Text type: A story set in the past. A map of Europe on pages 46-47 shows Matti's route from Berlin to London. Curriculum links: History: What was it like for children in the Second World War? This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $3.25

  What's it like to be a writer, radio presenter and performer? Read all about Michael Rosen's life and find out what he was like as a boy, what he got up to at school and how he became a famous poet in this fascinating autobiography.

  * Sapphire/Band 16 books books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

  * Text type: An autobiography.

  * The timeline on pages 54-55 track the major events of Michael Rosen's life that led to him becoming a successful writer.

  * Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills

  * Curriculum links: History: What we can learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person.

  * This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $11.67

  Fred was bored. He didn't like going to the shopping centre with his mum and his little sister. But then by mistake he took the lift to the 99th floor and found an alien who needed his help. * Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. * Text type: A fantasy story. * A poster for the computer game on pages 30-31 provides an opportunity to discuss the story and think about how it could be promoted to appeal to children. * Curriculum links: Art and Design: Viewpoints; Citizenship: Choices. * This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader