Description
In this simple non-fiction report we are introduced to the various creatures in a typical pond: frogs, snails, dragonflies, pond-skaters, fish and birds. Each spread features a high quality photograph of the creature on the left, and artwork of pupils and their teacher studying the animals in their natural habitat on the right.
- Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.
- Text type - A simple non-fiction report.
- All of the creatures are repeated in a single labelled diagram of the pond on pages 14 and 15 giving children the opportunity to recount the information.
- This information book is paired with a story on the same theme: Fly Away Home by Shoo Rayner.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
About the Author
Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of nonfiction for young readers. In 1991 she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for MacDonald's Take One: Rubbish, and in 1992 she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then she has written more than 20 children's books on a wide range of subjects.
Book Information
ISBN 9780007185498
Author Claire Llewellyn
Format Paperback
Page Count 16
Imprint Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 70g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 210mm * 1mm