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How does a yo-yo climb back up its string? Why does a boomerang come back to you? And how does a kaleidoscope work? These and other mind-bending questions are answered in this explanation text about how toys work.Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.Text type An explanation text.A table on pages 20 and 21 summarises what makes each toy featured in the book work, for example, magnets, friction or gravity. The book includes a glossary and an index on pages 22 and 23. Both provide lots of opportunities to check comprehension and stimulate work outside the reading session.Curriculum links Art and design: Investigate materials; Science: Forces and movement.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How Does It Work

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    A Paperback / softback by Gill Matthews, Sylvia Karavis, Cliff Moon

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/01/2005
      ISBN13: 9780007186273, 978-0007186273
      ISBN10: 0007186274

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How does a yo-yo climb back up its string? Why does a boomerang come back to you? And how does a kaleidoscope work? These and other mind-bending questions are answered in this explanation text about how toys work.Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.Text type An explanation text.A table on pages 20 and 21 summarises what makes each toy featured in the book work, for example, magnets, friction or gravity. The book includes a glossary and an index on pages 22 and 23. Both provide lots of opportunities to check comprehension and stimulate work outside the reading session.Curriculum links Art and design: Investigate materials; Science: Forces and movement.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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