Trixie Tempest's Diary
Band 16/Sapphire
Published on 1. July 2020
56 pages
978-0-00-842909-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Series
Edition
ePub edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 10 years
Product notice
Fixed format
ISBN-13
978-0-00-842909-6 (9780008429096)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2009
Collins
€10.50
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Persons
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.
