This photographic non-fiction book tracks the life of a turtle. Initially meeting the mother, we stay with her eggs and follow a hatched baby turtle along the dangerous sands to the sea. A story of survival, the turtle returns to the beach to lay its own eggs.This is a Band 03/Yellow book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which offers varied sentence structure and natural language. This is a non-fiction recount with a flow-chart on pages 14 and 15 that provides an opportunity to recap and discuss the story. This book supports learning about science, life processes and living things, and humans and other animals. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery and quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For another story in this Collins Big Cat book band for guided reading, try Around the World (9780007186587) by James Carter.
| ISBN: | 9780007186594 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2007 |
| Author: | Andy Belcher, Angie Belcher |
| Publisher: | Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 16 pages |
| Series: | Collins Big Cat |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats: Deserts Reading Scheme Children’s / Teenage general interest: Freshwater and marine mammals Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats: Oceans and seas Children’s / Teenage general interest: Fish and marine life Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems |