Three titles in the popular "First Reading" series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making the book and CD easy to store together. "The Young Reading" series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.
This book features in the following series: First Reading Series 3, Usborne First Reading .
This book is at national curriculum levels 1A, 1B . The National Curriculum sets out the programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at all 4 key stages. Each National Curriculum level is divided into sub-levels, where Level C means that a child is working at the lower end of the level, Level B they is working comfortably at that level, and Level A means that they is working at the top end of the level. The Government has suggested a child should achieve the following levels by the end of each school year: (i) Level 1b by end Year 1, Level 2a-c by end Year 2, Level 2a-3b by end Year 3, Level 3 by the end Year 4, Level 3b-4c by the end Year 5, Level 4 by the end Year 6. This book is aimed at children in primary school.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .
Carmela LaVigna Coyle's first book, Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots?, is enjoyed by little princesses everywhere and has been succeeded by four other princess books. She lives in Denver, Colorado. Mike Gordon's award-winning illustrations span fiction, non-fiction, entertainment, and educational books worldwide. He lives in Santa Barbara, California. Carl Gordon and his father have been a team since 1999. Mike Gordon creates the line art illustrations, and the color is computer generated by Carl. He lives in Hove, England. The artist, Mike Gordon, specialises in humorous illustrations and has won several awards for his work. He is based in Santa Barbara in California.
This book contains the following story:
The Musicians of Bremen
Realising he had outlived his usefulness as a packhorse a donkey decided to become a musician in the town's band, and he ran away. Along the road he bumped into an old dog. 'I can no longer hunt', said the dog, 'and my master was going to have me put down so I'm searching my fortune elsewhere'. The donkey invited the dog to join him in his quest to join the town band. As they travelled further they met an old cat who had also left her mistress. 'I can no longer catch mice', said the cat, 'and my mistress was going to drown me so I'm searching my fortune elsewhere'. The donkey invited the cat to join the gang in their quest to join the town band. As they travelled further they met a cockerel. 'I am crowing for as long as I can, said the cockerel 'as my mistress is putting me in the pot for today's dinner'. The donkey invited the cockerel to join the gang in their quest to join the town band. Evening came and the animals discovered a house full of robbers. They managed to firghten the robbers away and take the house. When the robbers returned in the eveing again they successfully scared them away and were able to stay in the house for the rest of their days.
This book is in the following series:
First Reading Series 3
Usborne First Reading
The Usborne Reading Programme is a collection of over 300 reading books, graded in seven levels and covering a wide range of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. The First Reading programme covers the first 4 levels. Level 1: Designed to be the first real books a beginner will tackle, with very light support from a parent or teacher. They are 32 pages in length, comprising the main story (up to 150 words) and up to six pages of fun, reading-related puzzles.Level 2: these books stretch the reader a little more than Level One, with more advanced storylines. They are 32 pages in length, comprising character pages or maps, the main story (up to 250 words) and reading-related puzzles.Level 3: these titles encourage the reader to develop reading stamina. Stories include a strong element of repetition, with repeated language to help the reader gain confidence.Level 4: these titles continue to build readers' stamina with stories of up to 750 words. The narrative is more devel
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