A01=Nic Bishop
Author_Nic Bishop
Big Cat
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Creatures
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Guided
Guided Reading
Key Stage 2
KS2 English
Literacy
Monsters
Nature
Non-Fiction
Primary
Read
Reading
Scheme
Weird
Product details
- ISBN 9780007230808
- Weight: 100g
- Dimensions: 192 x 265mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jan 2007
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this information book, detailed photographs, illustrations and vivid descriptions are used to introduce readers to some of the tiniest and weirdest monsters in the natural world. Information is organised into short chapters to help with information retrieval and the contents list can be used to select material for reading.
- Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
- Text type – An information book.
- Pages 30 and 31 feature a table of weird little monsters that supports readers as they recount information.
- Curriculum links – Art and design: Mother Nature, designer; Science: Habitats; Music: Animal magic – Exploring descriptive sounds.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Nic Bishop, who holds a doctorate in the biological sciences, is an award-winning author and photographer known for his outstanding stop-action wildlife photographs. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with his wife and a bevy of animals under study.
