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By the Pricking of my Thumbs (Cambridge Reading) - Softcover

Cook, Helen; Styles, Morag

 
9780521399562: By the Pricking of my Thumbs (Cambridge Reading)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521399564 ISBN 13: 9780521399562
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years. 'What was it that could make me wake in the middle of the night when the light was a long way from coming . . .? Step into the unknown. These uneasy poems will prickle your skin. Don't read them in the dark! This book is an anthology of poems about the supernatural chosen by Helen Cook and Morag Styles. By the Pricking of my Thumbs is one of eleven books that make up Extended Reading Level B, for children in Year 6/Primary 7. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to develop children's knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and styles. By the Pricking of my Thumbs has colour illustrations, helping to make the book accessible and attractive to its target readership.

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Book Description

'What was it that could make me wake in the middle of the night when the light was a long way from coming . . .? Step into the unknown. These uneasy poems will prickle your skin. Don't read them in the dark! This book is an anthology of poems about the supernatural chosen by Helen Cook and Morag Styles. By the Pricking of my Thumbs is one of eleven books that make up Extended Reading Level B, for children in Year 6/Primary 7. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to develop children's knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and styles. By the Pricking of my Thumbs has colour illustrations, helping to make the book accessible and attractive to its target readership.

About the Author

DR. RICHARD BROWN was one of Canada’s foremost experts on seagoing birds and worked for many years as a marine biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service in Halifax.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521399564
ISBN 13 
9780521399562
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
32