New Releases by Mal Peet

The Oxford Literacy Web is an exciting new literacy programme designed to guide schools successfully through the primary years. Fitting the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales, English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum inNorthern Ireland, the Oxford Literacy Web guides pupils through the core skills associated with learning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language, and poetry. The "Non-Fiction" strand is a series of colourful, lively information books. They can be used to teach valuable information retrieval and research skills, and they enable children to learn to read and write a range of different text types. The books can be used with children at different levels ofreading ability for shared reading with the teacher, guided reading, or independent reading. The First Non-Fiction books are designed to be used with children at Reception or Year 1. They present a range of text types on a variety of infant topics at a very low reading level (there is normally nomore than one or two lines of text per page). The books are available in both standard and ''big book'' format.Make a Milk-shake contains instructions to a child for making a simple chocolate milk-shake.

The Oxford Literacy Web is an exciting new literacy programme designed to guide schools successfully through the primary years. Fitting the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales, English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum inNorthern Ireland, the Oxford Literacy Web guides pupils through the core skills associated with learning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language, and poetry. The "Fiction" strand: there can be no better way to learn to read than through the Duck Green School and Variety story strands. Exciting stories, hilarious events, and dynamic illustrations combine to ensure diversity and enjoyment. In the Duck Green School stories, early school experiences arebrought to life through a cast of lovable characters. Children can enjoy their own `soap opera'' while learning specific vocabulary in context. In the Stage 2 Duck Green Stories, we learn more about what Mrs Best''s reception class like doing and find out more about Cheep, the baby bird. We also meet Buzz and Josh, the Year 1 children. The books are available in both standard and `big book'' format.

First Story Rhymes Pack A presents a collection of rhyme-stories, by a variety of well known authors and illustrators, that introduces the most common rhyme families. Pack A introduces one rhyme family per book, and Pack B introduces two rhyme families per book, and they are intended for Reception and Year 1 readers to read independently. The books are designed to be read before the already published Rhyme and Analogy Story Rhymes. The stories are in large format, which makes them suitable for shared reading.

As a flood rises in the surrounding countrys ide, a young boy sets about trying to rescue the various cre atures that inhabit his garden with the help of his toy ark, thereby creating a fascinating floating world. ''

An informative look at the history of toilets.