Variety books provide a support and an extension of reading skills acquired from reading Duck Green School Stories. They are divided into consolidation stories and extension stories. They cover a wide range of genres, authors and writing styles.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Literacy Web .

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Oxford University Press .

Barbara Mitchelhill has been published by Red Fox, amongst others. She lives in the North. Rosalind Kerven trained as an anthropologist and has edited and reviewed children's books for a number of years. She has written many collections of myths and legends, and several children's novels. She lives in Morpeth, Northumberland. Alan Marks studied art at Bath Academy in 1980 and has since illustrated over 20 children's picture books. Alan's first book, Storm, written by Kevin Crossley Holland, won the Carnegie Medal, and Ring a Ring o' Roses won the Bologna UNICEF Award. In 1996, Thomas and the Tinners was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize and The Thief's Daughter became National Curriculum recommended reading. He lives in Elmstone, Kent. Georgie Birkett lives and works near Brighton. She has been published by Macmillan Children's Books, Campbell Books and Puffin. Her picture book TEA WITH BEA is published by Bloomsbury, and we are delighted to have her on the list. Mark Burgess has illustrated countless classic children's characters including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh. He also designs greetings cards, web sites, animations and special warm places for his cat to sleep. He lives in Somerset.