Our exciting class texts are:
Max is dressed as a wolf and causing all kinds of mischief at home and is sent to his bedroom. His bedroom mysteriously turns into a jungle and he sails across the seas to another land of ‘Wild Things’ where he encourages a rumpus!
Plop the Baby Barn Owl is afraid of the dark. He is so scared he won't even go hunting with his family. So Mrs Barn Owl sends him down from his nest-hole, where he will meet a series of friends who will convince him that perhaps there is a little bit of magic in the dark after all.
A new pier is being built on Struay and everyone, especially Katie Morag, is very excited. The Islanders can't wait for all the changes they are sure the new pier will bring . . . But there is one person who's not so sure. Granny Island is worried that the old ways will be lost for ever . . .
Queen Gloriana wants Emily Brown’s Rabbit. Each time Emily is asked she becomes a bit more grumpy. Eventually she visits the Queen to teach her a lesson.
Sunny, the meerkat, lives with his large family in the Kalahari Desert but he isn’t happy. He goes on a journey to find the ‘perfect’ home.
Do you think he finds it?
What does it look like?
This collection (anthology) of poems is edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols (they are married) but is a collection of 13 different poets, all who have Caribbean heritage.