Janice Vale – författare

Faster than a speeding boat, and more exciting than a trip on a bobsleigh, this fact-packed non-chronological report looks at the fastest animals and machines in the world. Action-packed illustrations and photographs accompany text explaining what enables each featured animal or machine to be so fast. Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.Text type – A non-chronological report.The table on pages 22 and 23 summarises the features that make each animal and machine a contender in the "Going Fast" category.Curriculum links – Science: Forces and movement.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelAn account of three true life stories of survival, where people have to act quickly against unexpected disasters. Maps and pictures engage us in the drama of a sailor lost at sea, a man ejecting from his plane and a school girl facing a tsunami. Survival tips are given in the unlikely event of the similar situations happening to us. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.Text type – Non fiction recount.A card index chart on pages 30-31 summarises facts and could act as a model for finding out more true life survival stories.Curriculum Links – Citizenship: Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle, to recognising the different risks in different situations and then deciding how to behave responsibly.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelMeet children who live on islands all over the world in this non-fiction book. They tell us how they live, what they do and what it’s like in their different communitites. Photographs dramatically capture the beauty of varied landscapes. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.Text type – A non fiction recountA chart on pages 46-47 summarises information about each child and could act as a model for further research.Curriculum Links – Geography: Knowledge and understanding of places: Describe and identify what places are like and where places are.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

In this musical non-fiction book, a group of children make instruments out of junk and bring them together to play a tune. Yellow / Band 3 – A non-fiction recountText type – Non-fictionThe focus phonemes in this book are i-e, u-e, ea, igh and ow (slow).Use the final spread to discuss the different home-made instruments used by the children in the book.Janice Vale also wrote Blue 4 How to Grow a Beanstalk.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.