New Releases by Rosalind Kerven

The Sparrow and the Crow quarrel over a beautiful pearl. Includes full-color illustrations. Picture Book: 24 pages.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. Can Big Raven''s magic stop the storm?

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. One day Yellow Corn Maiden plays a bad magic trick on her friend.

Written by top children''s authors such as award-winning Gillian Cross, Malachy Doyle and Pippa Goodhart Snapdragons are fabulously illustrated with various writing styles and fonts to make reading enjoyable for all your infant readers. They provides a wide range of picture books for children aged 3-9. Easy-to-use reading notes for parents/carers are included on the inside cover of each book. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of invaluable teaching notes.

World of Festivals retells the stories and legends which are central to the origins of each festival as well as the historical, cultural and religious importance. This title explores the festival of Ramadan and Id-ul-Fitr, describing the different harvests, rites and rituals.

The Storyworlds scheme offers graded texts to ensure steady progression of reading skills in a highly supportive structure. The books may be used for guided, independent or take-home work. Each text is correlated to Book Bands.

This is the official guide to fairies. Packed with authentic folklore from all over Europe, it examines every facet of fairy life: Fairyland - where and how to find it, fairy kings and queens, house fairies, fairy treasure, dangerous fairies and changelings, with classic folk tales. Rosalind Kerven''s guidebook examines every facet of fairies and the shapes they take: from Little People to Pixies, from Leprechauns to Sprites.

Jackdaws anthologies offer a challenge for competent and mature readers. Each of the titles are made up of different text types with a shared thematic topic. Each title combines fiction and non-fiction in the form of a fast-moving adventure tale, information text in a fact file, and a traditional tale or myth. Each anthology is illustrated with a variety of lively artwork and photographs. All anthologies are coded according to the Book Bands system. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy invaluable teaching notes.

Cross-curricular Jackdaws contains six titles, each on a different theme - each book contains a contemporary story, non-fiction text providing information about the theme, and a myth or legend.Guided Reading Cards are available to support teaching sessions.

Nobody goes inside the old, beautiful forest, until one day Janna squeezes under a fence and enters an eerie place. . .

These are the titles for the OLW fiction strand for upper Key Stage 2, (Y5 and Y6) designed to fit the National Literacy Strategy. Year 5: "The Treasure in the Mud" by Gillian Cross - an historical story set in Victorian Britain "The River Runs to the End of Time" by Frances Usher - a story about friendships during the English civil war "How Did the World Begin?" by Rosalind Kerven - creation myths from around the world "The Legend of King Arthur" by Mick Gowar - a retelling of part of this famous legend "Lennox and the Casa Montego Smugglers" by Errol Lloyd - Lennox and his grandfather discover a smuggling ring while on holiday in Jamaica "Cloud Forest" by Mark Leyland - children in Equador lay a ghost to rest

Retells some of the magical adventures with Arabic, Persian, and Indian origins, framed by the tale of Shaharazad who tells the king a story for 1001 nights. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

This Big Book version of the play Coyote Girl is ideal for shared reading with 6 7 year olds.

Coyote Girl playscript is a traditional tale that has been retold by popular children''s author Rosalind Kerven. It is one of six playscripts from the Cambridge Reading Range of Genres Strand for children in Key Stage 1/Primary 2 and 3. This guided group reading pack of six comes with free teacher notes containing general guidance on using the play together with more specific teaching points and follow-up activities, allowing children to practice reading, speaking and listening skills. There are six characters in this play, and the order in which the characters are listed on the page reflects the contribution they make. A Big Book is available for shared reading and to introduce children to the play format. The Coyote Girl playscript is an adaptation of an existing Cambridge Reading storybook which gives children the opportunity to reinforce their reading of the original text.

Who turns Blue Corn Maiden into a coyote?

The Oxford Literacy Web is an exciting new literacy programme designed toguide schools successfully through the primary years. Fitting the requirementsof the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales,English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum in Northern Ireland,the Oxford Literacy Web guides pupils through the core skills associated withlearning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within thegenres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language, and poetry.The "Fiction" strand: there can be no better way to learn to read than throughthe Duck Green School and Variety story strands. Exciting stories, hilariousevents, and dynamic illustrations combine to ensure diversity and enjoyment. Inthe Duck Green School stories, early school experiences are brought to lifethrough a cast of lovable characters. Children can enjoy their own ''soap opera''while learning specific vocabulary in context.Stage 4 of Duck Green Stories reinforces earlier sight vocabulary andintroduces 20 new key words. We also meet the children in Miss Ross''s class,including Poppy''s brothers, Mike and Spike, and Leela Lalloo, whose grandparentsown The Treasure Chest. The books are available in both standard and ''big book''format.

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 in Northern 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 "Fiction" strand: there can be no better way to learn to read than through the Duck Green School and Variety story strands. Exciting stories, hilarious events, and dynamic illustrations combine to ensure diversity and enjoyment. Variety stories extend children''s experience of different styles of fiction. They reinforce vocabulary but include a more challening element to push upward toward the next level.

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 in Northern 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 "Fiction" strand: there can be no better way to learn to read than through the Duck Green School and Variety story strands. Exciting stories, hilarious events, and dynamic illustrations combine to ensure diversity and enjoyment. Variety stories extend children''s experience of different styles of fiction. They reinforce vocabulary but include a more challening element to push upward toward the next level.

In the Court of the Jade Emperor Pack of 6 contains 6 copies of the Extended Reading B book In the Court of the Jade Emperor.

Ingrid and Kjartan live in the troubled Viking Age: danger is everywhere and no stranger can be trusted. So what should they do when a foreigner comes knocking at their door, begging for help? The law-makers are hunting him down as an evil criminal, but he insists he is innocent. As they struggle to discover the truth, the two children are swept up into a terrifying adventure and a desperate race against time. Sorcery and Gold is one of eleven books that make up Extended Reading Level B, for children in Year 6/Primary 7. This phase of Cambridge Reading has an increased provision of extended narratives and aims to develop children''s knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and styles. This book''s Viking setting means it can be read in conjunction with the KS2 History syllabus.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years. Ingrid and Kjartan live in the troubled Viking Age: danger is everywhere and no stranger can be trusted. So what should they do when a foreigner comes knocking at their door, begging for help? The law-makers are hunting him down as an evil criminal, but he insists he is innocent. As they struggle to discover the truth, the two children are swept up into a terrifying adventure and a desperate race against time. Sorcery and Gold is one of eleven books that make up Extended Reading Level B, for children in Year 6/Primary 7. This phase of Cambridge Reading has an increased provision of extended narratives and aims to develop children''s knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and styles. This book''s Viking setting means it can be read in conjunction with the KS2 History syllabus.