Description
Product ID: | 9780008413859 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Collins Big Cat |
Title: | Finny the Fairy Fish |
Subtitle: | Band 08/Purple |
Authors: | Author: Diana McCaulay, Stacey Byer |
Page Count: | 24 |
Subjects: | Curriculum planning and development, Curriculum planning & development, Primary and middle schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Work, politics and society, Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages, Primary & middle schools, Teaching of a specific subject, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Work & industry / world of work (Children's / Teenage), Educational: Languages other than English |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.Finny is a rare fairy fish living on a Caribbean coral reef. He has never seen another fairy fish, until one day he sees himself in a conch shell mirror and realizes he is different from everyone else. Finny believes he is ugly and worthless, but his friends persuade him to leave the reef and journey to the deep sea where an elder dolphin explains to him that difference it to be celebrated.Finny the Fairy Fish deals with themes of tolerance, belonging and celebration of diversity, using a Caribbean coral reef as the setting. The book introduces the types of creatures living on a reef and some of the threats facing the sea. It also encourages children to identify and talk about emotions.Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. |
Imprint Name: | Collins |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-11-19 |