New Releases by Phil Gates

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

Part of the Cambridge Reading scheme for key stage 1/P1-3, this strand pack brings together the nine information books from Becoming a Reader. They include books on dinosaurs, the history of a town, the ecosystem of a Scots Pine, and several other subjects. They are beautifully produced, rigorously accurate and have already proved to be a big hit with readers. 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.

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.

Explains the principles behind nature''s solutions to various problems and how these solutions parallel the technologies we use in our daily lives, many of which have been copied directly from nature.

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.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Codes and Signals is one of nine books from the Cambridge Reading non-fiction strand. This strand has been designed to introduce children to information retrieval skills. This book explores the many ways in which information is conveyed using codes and signals, and encourages children to experiment with some of them. Beginning with secret codes and messages, the book goes on to show children that codes are all around them, e.g. postcodes, traffic lights and road signs. It also looks at some of the more dramatic ways of signalling with smoke, drums and light. 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.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Camouflage 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. Camouflage introduces children to the main types of animal camouflage and helps them understand the advantages that camouflage confers. Beautiful colour photographs show how well animals can blend into their surroundings, whether they be toads in the rainforest or hares in the Arctic. In addition, children can try and spot camouflaged animals for themselves in three spectacular double-page illustrations. 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.

This examination of the technology of nature is illustrated throughout with close up photographs. The text aims to stimulate the reader to take a fresh look at plants and animals.

Presents in newspaper format the stories of breakthroughs in medicine in many different cultures and lands from the year 8000 B.C. to the 1990s.

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. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.

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.

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.