By Enid Richemont (author) , Maxine Lee (illustrator) Part of the Reading Champion series
"A surprisingly different newcomer joins Ahmed’s class!"
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Independent Reading Yellow stories are perfect for children aged 4+ who are reading at book band 3 (Yellow) in classroom reading lessons.
Young readers will immediately spot that the new boy is strikingly different since he is bright green! This is amusingly never referred to in the text and we see Ahmed trying his very best to make the new boy feel included. But as the repetitive refrain tells us, Zab was not good at drawing, eating, singing or even sitting.
But luckily, he is very good at playing and he helps Ahmed score a great goal and we can see their friendship is secured. As a Reading Champion text carefully levelled for Book Band Yellow 3 this lively story is designed for children working at that level in class to read independently; building their confidence and reading enjoyment.
Children will empathise with the experience of being new to school and enjoy imagining how they would feel if an alien joined their class. A lovely Story Trail feature allows the child to retell the story in their own words developing recall and sequencing skills. At the back of the book there are useful guidance notes explaining how parents and carers can make the most of the reading experience with tips on how to support comprehension and some fun extension activities they can try.
Yellow Band texts begin to introduce punctuation marks and Zab’s antics give plentiful opportunities for exclamations! Beautifully designed and with vibrant, witty illustrations, this is a fun read that will really engage and encourage beginner readers.
In this story, there is a new boy in Ahmed's school - and he is out of this world! Will the teacher notice that her new student is really an alien?
Although I've lived for most of my life in north London, I was born and grew up in South Wales. My mum read to me a great deal,and I think it was from her that I developed my love of language. I also enjoyed drawing and painting, and eventually won a scholarship to study at Dublin College of Art. When I came back from Eire, I first worked as a teacher in a Rudolf Steiner school. Then I came to London and took a number of strange jobs, including reading aloud to a blind writer and typing out his manuscript. The typewriter I'd hired to do this had some paid-for time left, so I used it to write a short story which I sold to a women's magazine. It became the first of many, and the beginning of a successful career. While my children were growing up, I stopped writing, and started a small design business, making screen-printed puppet theatres, flying saucers and playhouses that looked like medieval battle tents. Work took us to Paris, where we lived for two years, and where, incidentally, I first encountered the Romanian gipsy girl who features in my novel, FOR MARITSA WITH LOVE (Simon&Schuster). My first children's book, THE TIME TREE (Walker Books) grew out of a story I told my daughter and her best friend to pass the time on a very long walk (the original idea came from a TV programme I'd watched about teaching children with hearing problems). The girls begged me to write it down so that they could read it for themselves - so I did. This book is currently being marketed as a film series by Wild Thyme Productions. TO SUMMON A SPIRIT (Walker Books), was one of the Pick of the Year titles listed in the Children's Book Award. I'm now published in the USA and Australia as well as the UK, and my work has been translated into Danish, German and Japanese. My first book for Franklin Watts was PLOP CITY, a book about bird poo which continues to be loved, especially by small boys. I have two copies of the Arabic version
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Reading Champion: Ahmed and the New Boy and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Reading Champion: Ahmed and the New Boy features in the following genres: Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Reading Scheme, Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills, Grammar, Spelling & Literature, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, Educational material, School Stories, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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Reading Champion: Ahmed and the New Boy was written by Enid Richemont and published by Franklin Watts Ltd an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
Reading Champion: Ahmed and the New Boy has 20 pages
Yes it is part of Reading Champion series
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