Trixie Tempest's Diary
Band 16/Sapphire
Published on 1. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-0-00-723122-5 (ISBN)
Description
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Trixie's hilarious diary, written by acclaimed children's writer, Ros Asquith, tells of her plans to be a world famous trumpet player, horse rider and first child president of the world. She is also determined to teach animals to read! But when her beloved puppy is sick, everything changes.
Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Text type: A humorous recount.
A hilarious diary for her pet dog on pages 54-55 allow children to further explore the diary format, while reviewing the book from another perspective.
Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us. Developing our school grounds.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Trixie's hilarious diary, written by acclaimed children's writer, Ros Asquith, tells of her plans to be a world famous trumpet player, horse rider and first child president of the world. She is also determined to teach animals to read! But when her beloved puppy is sick, everything changes.
Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Text type: A humorous recount.
A hilarious diary for her pet dog on pages 54-55 allow children to further explore the diary format, while reviewing the book from another perspective.
Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us. Developing our school grounds.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 9 to 10 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
128 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-723122-5 (9780007231225)
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Ros Asquith is well-known to Guardian readers for her strip cartoon Doris, which ran for over ten years. She is also the succesful author of children's books, notably the Letty Chubb Teenage Worrier series for teenagers published by Piccadilly and Puffin. She lives in North London with her husband - a jazz critic - and two teenage sons.