Oxford Literacy Web: Fiction: Variety: Year 3 Fiction: The Clowns Next Door (Oxford literacy web fiction. Year 3/Primary 4)

by Susan Gates (Author), Keith Gaines (Series Editor)

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  2001

  $3.38

  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.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $13.54

  In the Variety Stage 9 books, Elisabeth Beresford describes adventures on Riduna Island in Pirate Gold, Tommy in Trouble, and Tessa on TV. Riduna is normally a quiet little island, but on three occasions, there is a big story to tell. Joan Aiken retells folk tales of a wise girl who wins herself a king, a young man who finds himself a useful servant, and a very kind girl who finds herself in trouble, but has her kindness repaid. Variety books support and extend the reading skills acquired from reading Duck Green School Stories . They are divided into consolidation stories ( Pirate Gold , Tommy in Trouble , Tessa on TV ) and extension stories ( The Wise Girl , Serve Me , Stefan , Helena and the Wild Man ).