The extracts in this anthology cover the full range of text requirements for Year 2/P3, as described in the National Literacy Strategy: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, stories by significant children's writers, traditional stories, recounts and institutional texts. The texts are also linked by theme to enable a comparison across the ranges. The Teacher's Guide suggests how to introduce extracts, their range and their themes, gives ideas for Shared, Guided and Independent work, clearly lists the NLS objectives met in each extract, and provides cross-reference between each component.

 

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham live in Devon, in a house not too far from the sea. Elspeth writes in a room on the ground floor while Mal writes in the attic. Sometimes they meet in the middle to write books like this one. It is Elspeth who finds the seeds the stories grow from. One of the world's leading children's book creators, Michael Foreman has won numerous awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Kurt Maschler Award and the Bologna Graphics Prize. Mal Peet is the author of the acclaimed young adult novels, Tamar, winner of the 2005 Carnegie Medal, and The Penalty, sequel to Keeper. He lives in Devon with his family.