White Band / Level 10

Author Katie Dale
Illustrator Elif Balta Parks
Format 15x21cm, 32pg, SB
Publication Date 28/11/2020
AR Rating
Bic/CBMC Code YQCR/B3M79
ISBN 978-1-84886-726-0         RRP £5.99
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Description

Tom takes his hamster, Gizmo, to school for Show and Tell. But his teacher, Mr Hanson, is allergic to hamsters! When Mr Hanson sneezes, the strangest thing happens…

Features

White Band Structure

  • No specific phonic structure to these books, as children should be able to work out most reasonably common words without difficulty.
  • Vocab choices are appropriate to this young readership and not too complex or demanding
  • More scope for complex inference creeping in – e.g. sometimes the reader may need to read between the lines, or may know something the characters do not, or the author may set up unusual twist or surprise ending.
  • Stories are slightly longer and more complex than before and bring in knowledge from outside the story in order to understand it.
  • As above, though stories are becoming more varied in plot as well as sentence structure, sometimes including some more literary or stylised language where appropriate.