Amazing technology has been developed for space travel. Often, this technology can then be adapted to be used on Earth, in many different ways. Solar panels developed to power spacecraft are now used to provide power for people’s homes. Protective plastic developed for space helmets is used to make lenses for the glasses people wear every day. These & other important Earth technologies might never have been developed without the special challenges of space travel. Sapphire level titles provide a selection of stories & non-fiction titles chosen for their range of content, narrative & points of view. This level encourages readers to form opinions & discuss their own reading tastes. PM Guided Reading Non-fiction books are fascinating texts that increase in word count & pages in line with progression of children’s reading age, for appropriate literacy skills development. The books represent all the standard text types & contain literal, inferential & applied knowledge questions to test comprehension & promote discussion. pm 19-offer ...

Everyone has a power to harness at the S.P.E.A.R training academy but can Troy master his in time in this thrilling action-packed adventure from Bodyguard author Chris Bradford. ...

This fact-filled book shares information about creatures who once lived in the shadows of the dinosaurs, but then grew to rule during the age of the mammoths. Comes complete with saber toothed tiger skeleton model. ...

The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series hurtles towards a thrilling fifth adventure as Harrison Beck investigates sabotage on a runaway train in the Australian Outback in Sabotage on the Solar Express. ...

Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsman in the history of cricket, & is a hero to millions in his native India. This easy-read biography tells the fascinating story of his rise from schoolboy prodigy to the dizzy heights of international cricketing superstardom. ...

The four children in the Casson family are all named after colours. Hot-tempered, smart Saffy is also named after a colour, Saffron Yellow, but she can&8217;t find hers on the colour chart. Why not? An award-winning tale of family life &8211; & family secrets. ...

The four children in the Casson family are all named after colours. Hot-tempered, smart Saffy is also named after a colour, Saffron Yellow, but she can&8217;t find hers on the colour chart. Why not? A Whitbread Award-winning tale of family life – & family secrets. ...

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing ‘ Safiyyah’s War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, & heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book’ – Kiran Millwood Hargrave ‘ All at once, Safiyyah’s War broke my heart & filled me with immense hope. With its unforgettable characters & exquisite storytelling, this really is an extraordinary book’ – A F Steadman ‘ Safiyyah is a protagonist I was rooting for all throughout; a lovely, kind-hearted girl whose story filled me in turns with despair & joy. This book shines through with kindness & empathy at its very heart’ – Nizrana Farook War comes to the streets of Paris & Safiyyah’s life changes for ever. Her best friend’s family have fled, & the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city. It’s not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous catacombs under Paris & lead the Jews to safety? ...

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 3 Scholastic Set 5 Sound Focus: ai ee igh oa oo Book Band: Red This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging, & are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK. The series

Includes:: a wide selection of diverse & inclusive stories, accompanied by bright, contemporary & humorous illustrations that will engage & inspire young readers with a ‘find the character’ feature on each spread. The artwork is detailed so as not to provide picture cues & prompting. Each book also contains parent’s notes & a ‘retell the story’ task to support children’s oracy, vocabulary & comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of books covering groups of sounds to allow for progression. The stories in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 5 & revise the sounds found in previous sets. There are thirteen sets in total, covering: Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d Phase 2 Set 2: g oC k ck e u r h b f l Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn) Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew (new), ie (shield), aw (claw) Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le (apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup) Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are (share), ear (bear), ere (there), au (author), aur (dinosaur), oor (floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a (father), a (water), a (want), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle), sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze), schwa at the end of words (actor) Phase 5 Set 13: eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (grey), ea (break), gn (gnaw), kn (knee), mb (thumb), ere (here), eer (deer), su (treasure), si (vision), dge (bridge), ge (large), y (crystal), ti (potion), ssi (mission), si (mansion), ci (delicious), augh (daughter), our (pour), oar (oar), ore (more) Have you got them all?

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Blood-&-thunder Victorian (with just a touch of steampunk) bliss by a genius we’d sell our souls to write like. Sally rides like a Cossack & shoots like a demon. Our kind of heroine, then. ...