Rainbow Bird

Author: Eric Maddern

Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway

Useful for looking at truth in fiction books.

The Troll

Author: Julia Donaldson

Illustrator: David Roberts

The Lost Happy Endings

Author: Carol Ann Duffy

Illustrator: Jane Ray

Useful for asking the class to predict what Jub wrote. Could provide them with gold pens.

One Is a Snail Ten Is a crab

Authors: April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre

Illustrator: Randy Cecil

Useful for display ideas and mixing numeracy and literacy.

Would be useful to get snail, dog, insect, spider, and crab toys so children can count the legs.

Look What I've Got!

Author: Anthony Browne

Illustrator: Anthony Browne

Why does Jeremy keep boasting? Why does Sam still help him?

The Jolly Postman

Authors: Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Illustrators: Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Used by Rowcroft, Pearson and Robinson in Writing with Reason.

The Real Princess A Mathemagical Tale

Author: Brenda Williams

Illustrator: Sophie Fatus

Good for putting numbers in context. Requires subtraction and remembering numbers. Playing with the fairy tale.