Streetwise for ages 7-11: *Guarantees children have thrilling, entertaining and absorbing texts written by exceptional authors such as Jeremy Strong, Linda Newberry and Jean Ure. *Engages readers in themed short story collections specially designed for guided reading which include one classic story and two new stories. *Encourages children to develop personal preferences by reading a wide range of texts in different themes. *Supports development of reading stamina through novels which gradually increase in length for independant reading. *Explicitly suggests speaking and listening and drama opportunities for every novel and short story in the Teaching Notes to imaginatively extended teaching. *Encourages and supports reluctant readers through Access versions of every short story collection and one novel per literary theme. *Simple integration of assessment for learning in class teaching and lesson planning throughout the Teaching Notes.

 

This book features in the following series: Literacy Land, Streetwise Series .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited .

LINDA NEWBERY is the author of a number of titles for young readers. Martin Waddell is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won many awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Rudyard Kipling died in 1936 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.