Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), The Magic Sword is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Stories about Fantasy Worlds, which contains motivating stories that are full of humour, action and surprise! The Magic Sword forms part of a set of nine books which are written by Rosemary Hayes and illustrated by Ian Newsham. Mr Mulch, a schoolteacher with special powers, is the central character in this and three other books. In The Magic Sword, Mr Mulch takes Class 8 on a trip to a castle - where there's magic in the air! Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to introduce children to a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading.

 

This book features in the following series: Cambridge Reading, Towards Independence .

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. 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 34 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Cambridge University Press .

Rosemary Hayes has written numerous books for children, many of which have been shortlisted for awards. She worked for Cambridge University Press and ran her own small educational publishing company, Anglia Young Books, specializing in curriculum-related historical fiction. She is currently a reader for a well known authors' advisory service and also runs creative writing workshops.