Publisher's Synopsis
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 attractive picture books; a balance of text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme;comprehensive support materials. The thirty Beginning to Read books give children a first experience of reading. In Kate Ruttle and Richard Brown's story Looking for Dragons, some surprising answers are offered in words and pictures to a recurring question put by a group of children on coming out of school: "What shall we do today?" Young readers will enjoy the humour in the simple repetitive text and the lively illustrations by Jan Lewis.