The children's imagination takes off. They start to use sentences they would never have used before they did the Comprehension modules. Children love the Vocabulary Catch and the Fantastic Sentences.

Vorwort
Gets children reading and understanding - FAST!

Autorentext
Pratima Mitchell's previous books include The Ramayana (Puffin), Rich or Poor? Tales from the Indian Subcontinent, Grandfather Singh Stories, Magical Stories from India (all Longman) and Celebration Stories: the Guru's Family (OUP). This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. Caroline Binch's illustrations for Hue Boy, written by Rita Phillips Mitchell, won the Smarties Prize. She is perhaps best known for Amazing Grace and Grace & Family. Gregory Cool, which she wrote and illustrated, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. It was followed by Since Dad Left, which won the United Kingdom Book Award in 1998, New Born, written by Kathy Henderson and Starring Grace, by Mary Hoffman.

Klappentext
< div> Petar loves music, and his violin keeps the whole village dancing. But when war breaks out, Petar, his mother, and his brother have to flee the village to safety, leaving their beloved father behind with the other men. With no place to live, and no food or money, life is hard for the family. Petar is so sad that he can no longer play his violin. One day a new song starts to form in his head, a song of peace and new beginnings. Will he find the courage to play it?< /div>

Zusammenfassung
Read Write Inc. Comprehension is the next step in developing children's composition and writing skills once they have become confident readers. The programme offers 30 weekly modules, specially written to link reading and writing activities to carefully levelled texts. 16 of the modules are linked to published quality fiction and non-fiction children's books. The accompanying Read Write Inc. module offers activities which provide practice in reading, writing and spelling, and consolidate the pupils' knowledge through comprehension and guided composition. The illustrated children's books, of which this is one, that accompany 16 of the Comprehension modules can all be purchased from Oxford University Press in the same way as the module packs.