Gold Band / Level 9
| Author | Katie Dale |
| Illustrator | Giovana Medeiros |
| Format | 15x21cm, 32pg, SB |
| Publication Date | 28/03/2019 |
| AR Rating | – |
| Bic/CBMC Code | YQCR/B3M79 |
| ISBN 978-1-84886-417-7 RRP £5.99 | |
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The Magic Music Box
Description
Bella dreams of being a ballerina. When a new ballet school opens up, she is desperate to join but it’s too expensive. Then she is given a mysterious box…
Features
- 1 Story
- 32 Pages
- Direct speech
- Chapters
Gold Band Structure
- No specific phonic structure to these books, as children should be able to work out most reasonably common words without difficulty.
- Vocabulary choices are appropriate to this young readership and not too complex or demanding.
- Plots and characters are still mostly clear and straightforward to follow. There are still plenty of opportunities for prediction, discussion and thinking about the story.
- A wider range of sentence structures can be used – still mostly simple and speech-like, but with some that are longer/multi-clause.
- Plots are still straightforward and linear, but they may be developed over more pages or require a bit more thought to understand.
- Story is split into simple chapters,