The Tale of a Turban: Oxford Literacy Web Variety Fiction Stage 7: World Stories of Childhood

by PratimaMitchell (Author), KeithGaines (Editor), Beryl Sanders (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $39.27

  Variety books provide a support and an extension of reading skills acquired from reading Duck Green School Stories. They are divided into consolidation stories (The King's Ears, The Strange Dream and The Boy Who Talked to the Birds) and extension stories (Rohan Goes to Big School, The Tale of a Turban and The Costume Parade). Can be used in the Literacy Hour for shared and guided reading. In Stage 7, Julia Donaldson retells 3 folktales: from Wales, England and Scotland. Pratima Mitchell describes Sunil's wish to wear his baseball cap at his brother's wedding in India. Pamela Mordecai tells two stories set in the Caribbean: how Rohan has a new cricket bat which the older boys want to play with, and how a four friends enter a competition to win a fancy dress prize. A bright, lively set of stories for children around 6 years old (Year 1-2).

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.37

  These are the first titles in the OLW variety fiction strand for Key Stage 2. The OLW is the new scheme designed to work with the NLS (National Literacy Strategy). The Year 3 title includes: The Clowns Next Door by Susan Gates - a story about clowns who would prefer not to be clowns; Dad's Story by Susan Gates - a story about a boy finding out his dad cannot read; The Adventures of Robyn Hudd by Paul Shipton - a modern Robin Hood with a female protagonist who takes on the bullies; Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow by Malachy Doyle - a retelling of the traditional story; The Oakhollow Mystery by Tessa Krailing - a story about moving to a new house and discovering it holds a mystery; and The Beast of Bobbin Moor by Jon Blake - a girl leads her gang through two adventures.