Read and Respond is a series of photocopiable activity books based on popular children's novels for KS1 and KS2 English. It aims to help teachers organise tasks which introduce children to a range of specific key reading skills as outlined in the Reading PoS. The series is banded into 4 ability levels: Starter (5-7 years), Beginner (7-9 years), Intermediate (8-10 years) and Advanced (9-11 years). 'THE LEOPARD'S DRUM' is Jessica Southami's retelling of a traditional tale from West Africa. It tells how Achicheri, the tortoise manages to outwit Osebo the leopard: her reward is a tough shell to protect her from fierce animals. Southami's bold, illustrations, created from her travelling puppet shows, are full of movement and colour. and perfectly complement the text.

 

This book is part of a book series called Read And Respond Starter .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 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.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Scholastic .