A01=Eric Smith
A01=Sam McBratney
Author_Eric Smith
Author_Sam McBratney
Big Cat
bugs
Category=YPCA21
environment
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fiction
guided
guided reading
Key Stage 1
KS1 English
literacy
micro-organisms
Primary
read
reading
Scheme
series
Product details
- ISBN 9780007336104
- Weight: 80g
- Dimensions: 210 x 170mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Follow the narrator as he takes us through the good and bad aspects of micro-organisms in this fun rhyming poem by Sam McBratney, explaining that while these unseen bugs can ruin food and make us ill, they also keep our world under control, by rotting food and plants that we no longer need. Lively illustrations by Eric Smith accompany the poem.
- Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
- Text type: A poem.
- A comparison chart on pages 14 and 15 helps children recap the key pros and cons of bugs, and provides a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities.
- Curriculum links: Science: Micro-organisms; Geography: Improving the environment
Sam McBratney was born in Belfast in 1945. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and taught for many years before becoming a full time writer. He is best-known for ‘Guess How Much I Love You’.
