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How Does It Work: Band 09/Gold (Collins Big Cat)

  • ISBN10: 0007186274
  • ISBN13: 9780007186273
  • Author: Gill Matthews/Sylvia Karavis
  • Format: Paperback / softback
  • Published: 05/01/2005
£6.25 £5.00

How does a yo-yo climb back up its string? Why does a boomerang come back to you? And how does a kaleidoscope work? These and other mind-bending questions are answered in this explanation text about how toys work.

How Does It Work: Band 09/Gold (Collins Big Cat)

£6.25 £5.00

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How does a yo-yo climb back up its string? Why does a boomerang come back to you? And how does a kaleidoscope work? These and other mind-bending questions are answered in this explanation text about how toys work.

  • Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.
  • Text type – An explanation text.
  • A table on pages 20 and 21 summarises what makes each toy featured in the book work, for example, magnets, friction or gravity. The book includes a glossary and an index on pages 22 and 23. Both provide lots of opportunities to check comprehension and stimulate work outside the reading session.
  • Curriculum links – Art and design: Investigate materials; Science: Forces and movement.
  • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
  • This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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