Based on a true story of a humpback whale that tied up New York City's boat traffic as he wandered off course, this title covers up to Key Stage 2, with a richer vocabulary of up to 200 words. It is a wonderful series that can take your child from Foundation to age 8 years and beyond. Watch out for the whale? Henry, a humpback whale, took a wrong turn - and swam right into busy, noisy New York Harbour. Can he leave town safely and return to the sea? Exciting images capture all the action in this true tale of a whale that got lost - but eventually found his way home. Developed to grow the new reader, "I'm Going to Read[trademark]" offers children entertaining stories and spectacular artwork. The books are a strong complement to whatever reading programme your child is using at school - whether it be phonics, literature based or a combination of the two. It gives your child a richer vocabulary of up to 200 different words, a varied sentence structure, offers high-interest stories with longer plots and is designed to promote independent reading.

 

This book features in the following series: I'M Going To Read, Im Going To Read .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Sterling Juvenile .