Info Trail for ages 5-11: *Enthuses all readers with attention-grabbing titles, engaging humour and inventive topics to inspire excellence and enjoyment in learning. *Provides broad and rich cross-curricular content linked to History, Geography and Science with many matches to National Curriculum and QCA topics. *Provides excellent models for writing with coverage of all NLS non-fiction text types pupils need to experience and understand. *Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through supportive illustrations and Access texts for ages 9-11. *Promotes valuable awareness of community and citizenship through many titles based around community, environment and health.

 

This book is part of a book series called Literacy Land .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited .

A member of the Society of Authors, with over 60 titles to her name, Irene Yates has also written for the Times Education Suppliment, Scholastic Teachers' Magazine and BBC Schools' Radio. An expert in literacy and language development, she became a writing member of the first SCAA KS1 Test Development Team, and contributed to the Reading Tests in 1995, 1996 and 1997. She also visits schools reqularly as a Writer and Poet, and runs teacher training days in all aspects of language development, particularly literacy. Jillian Powell is an experienced writer of children's fiction and non-fiction. Scoular Anderson is a highly successful and respected author/illustrator of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. He is known for his humour and the lively, quirky style of his drawings. He worked as a secondary school art teacher before becoming a writer. Scoular lives in Dunoon, Scotland. Gillian Clements is a highly experienced author-illustrator, with an excellent reputation for children's non-fiction. Jenny Alexander is the author of many fiction and non fiction reading books for educational publishers, including Mouse and the Bullies (Longman), which has been approved by ChildLine. Herbie Brennan lives and works in Ireland. He is the author of many wonderful books for both adults and children.