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.

This collection of seven well-known nursery rhymes are carefully illustrated and chosen because they are likely to be familiar to children. The verse have strong rhythmic and rhyming qualities and the child will be able to use his/her knowledge of these to help them read the printed version.

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. ''

A wide-ranging guide to designing, making and maintaining all sorts of gardens from pots and flower boxes to large-scale school gardens.

An informative look at the history of toilets.

This collection of seven well-known nursery rhymes are carefully illustrated and chosen because they are likely to be familiar to children. The verse have strong rhythmic and rhyming qualities and the child will be able to use his/her knowledge of these to help them read the printed version.