Let’s Go to Mars

Band 08/Purple

Janice Marriott (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

24 Seiten

2005
Collins (Verlag)
9780007186150 (ISBN)

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This unique persuasive text takes the form of a fictional holiday to Mars, presenting factual information about the red planet. The text draws comparisons between Earth and Mars, and considers aspects of space travel such as weightlessness and the lack of oxygen.

Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary
Text type – A persuasive text.
A pictorial glossary is provided on pages 22 and 23 encouraging discussion and reinforcement of technical terms.
Curriculum links – Numeracy: Space, shape and measure; Science: Forces and movement; Geography: Contrast with the local area.
This book is paired with a story on the same theme: Star Boy's Surprise by Jana Hunter.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Janice Marriott is a leading writer of books for children and young adults. Among her best-known novels are Letters to Lesley and Crossroads, which won the 1996 NZ Post Supreme and Senior Fiction Awards as well as the Esther Glen Medal. Mark Ruffle is an illustrator and graphic designer living in the United Kingdom. Since he was young, Mark has drawn imaginary worlds, fantastic animals, and marvellous humans. He is now lucky enough to draw for his job and creates fun, colourful, engaging illustrations for a wide range of ages and different uses. When he’s not doodling, he can be found walking his two dogs and admiring the wildlife and rolling hills where he lives.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.1.2005
Reihe/Serie	Collins Big Cat
Illustrationen	Mark Ruffle
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Cliff Moon
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	192 x 265 mm
Gewicht	110 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-13	9780007186150 / 9780007186150
Zustand	Neuware