Best Selling Books by PHIL GATES

A delightful Big Book full of intriguing animal facts. Suits ages 5-6.

Describes the conquistadores and their dangerous search for gold, jewels, and spices in the South American jungle.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years. Cambridge Reading Big Books provide texts in a size that is big enough for the teacher to give large groups of children a shared experience of the same text and to demonstrate early reading skills and strategies. They are ideal for implementation of the Literacy Hour. This is a Big Book version of the popular Beginning to Read phase title Bubbles.

Cambridge Reading Routes is a reading programme for the first seven years of schooling in South Africa.

With the unveiling of this major new development at The Natural History Museum, an extraordinary treasure chest has been opened. Phil Gates went to take a look inside.

Suitable for children in Year 1 (age 5), The Scots Pine is one of nine books from the Cambridge Reading non-fiction strand. This strand has been designed to introduce children to information retrieval skills. Three books in this strand - Bubbles, Animal Senses and The Scots Pine - have been written by Phil Gates. They are concerned with very different areas of discovery and each is illustrated with a selection of photographs to encourage children to make their own observations of the natural world. These books contain extended captions for more advanced readers. Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to offer children a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading.

Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading throughout the primary years. Key features include: a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high-quality, attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme and comprehensive support materials. Cambridge Reading big books provide texts in a size that is big enough for the teacher to give large groups of children a shared experience of the same text and to demonstrate early reading skills and strategies. The Camouflage Big Book is a large-format facsimile of Camouflage. With the help of beautiful colour photographs and spectacular double-page illustrations, the book introduces children to the main types of animal camouflage and explains the advantages that camouflage confers.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Animal Communication is one of nine books from the Cambridge Reading non-fiction strand. This strand has been designed to introduce young readers to information retrieval skills. Animal Communication explains why animals need to communicate, and looks at the variety of ways in which they do so. With the aid of beautiful colour photographs, amusing illustrations and a clear, straightforward text, children read about animals that communicate using sound, colour, movement, smell or light. The book''s activity boxes encourage children to try out some different forms of communication for themselves. Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to offer children a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.

Looks at all aspects of plant life, including carnivorous plants, reproduction, poisonous plants, endangered plants, trees and forests, plants and people, and medicinal plants. Includes suggestions for related activities. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Part of the Cambridge Reading scheme for key stage 1/P1-3, this strand pack brings together the nine information books from the Towards Independence phase of Cambridge Reading. These books cover topics as diverse as camouflage, an Egyptian tomb painting and the ecology of a coral reef, and can be used to teach the diverse skills associated with reading for information. Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading throughout the primary years. Key features include: a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high quality, attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme; comprehensive support materials.