Jackdaws anthologies offer a challenge for competent and mature readers. Each of the titles are made up of different text types with a shared thematic topic. Each title combines fiction and non-fiction in the form of a fast-moving adventure tale, information text in a fact file, and a traditional tale or myth. Each anthology is illustrated with a variety of lively artwork and photographs. All anthologies are coded according to the Book Bands system. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy invaluable teaching notes.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Oxford Reading Tree, Oxford Reading Tree Stage 1 .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Rosalind Kerven trained as an anthropologist and has edited and reviewed children's books for a number of years. She has written many collections of myths and legends, and several children's novels. She lives in Morpeth, Northumberland. Alan Marks studied art at Bath Academy in 1980 and has since illustrated over 20 children's picture books. Alan's first book, Storm, written by Kevin Crossley Holland, won the Carnegie Medal, and Ring a Ring o' Roses won the Bologna UNICEF Award. In 1996, Thomas and the Tinners was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize and The Thief's Daughter became National Curriculum recommended reading. He lives in Elmstone, Kent. Fiona Macdonald has written over 300 children's books. She lives in Scotland and visited Coll to write this book. Susan Gates has written books for a very wide age range and is perhaps best-known for her Carnegie shortlisted title, RAIDER. Susan lives in County Durham.

This book has the following chapters: - STORY SET IN 17TH CENTURY LONDON BY SUSAN GATES; - RECOUNT TEXT BY FIONA MACDONALD; - A KOREAN LEGEND BY ROSALIND KERVEN