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Follow the true story of Winkie, a carrier pigeon in WWII whose crew crash landed in the sea. All hopes rested with Winkie as she battled to reach help – but would she be able to lead them back to her crew? The story is told in the style of a graphic novel and illustrated by award-winning author-illustrator team Mick Manning and Brita Granström.

  • Collins Big Cat Progress builds confidence, helping struggling pupils not only to read, but to love reading
  • Dual-banded books provide age-appropriate interest level material matched with a lower reading ability level
  • Every book is levelled by reading expert Cliff Moon to ensure precise, systematic, measurable progression to help close the ability gap
  • The books use a range of reading strategies: phonic, graphic, syntactic and contextual to build confident, accurate, fluent readers
  • Designed to build speaking and listening skills, as well as reading skills, the books are highly visual and include incredible illustrations and photographs
  • Every book has a Key Stage 2 look-and-feel to engage older pupils and avoid stigmatisation
  • Topics are relevant for children in years 3-6 and connected to the curriculum and framework objectives for these years to support inclusion
  • Progress titles contain a Reader Response page to encourage the pupil to respond to and recall what they have read. This offers an ideal opportunity to check comprehension
  • Ideas for Reading, written by primary literacy expert Gill Howell are included in the back of every book to help you support the reading needs of each child
  • This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

Winkie’s War: Band 05 Green/Band 16 Sapphire (Collins Big Cat Progress)

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Paperback / softback by Mick Manning , Brita Granström

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Follow the true story of Winkie, a carrier pigeon in WWII whose crew crash landed in the sea. All hopes... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 04/01/2012
    ISBN13: 9780007428946, 978-0007428946
    ISBN10: 0007428944

    Number of Pages: 24

    Children & Teen , Teen & Young Adult

    Description

    Follow the true story of Winkie, a carrier pigeon in WWII whose crew crash landed in the sea. All hopes rested with Winkie as she battled to reach help – but would she be able to lead them back to her crew? The story is told in the style of a graphic novel and illustrated by award-winning author-illustrator team Mick Manning and Brita Granström.

    • Collins Big Cat Progress builds confidence, helping struggling pupils not only to read, but to love reading
    • Dual-banded books provide age-appropriate interest level material matched with a lower reading ability level
    • Every book is levelled by reading expert Cliff Moon to ensure precise, systematic, measurable progression to help close the ability gap
    • The books use a range of reading strategies: phonic, graphic, syntactic and contextual to build confident, accurate, fluent readers
    • Designed to build speaking and listening skills, as well as reading skills, the books are highly visual and include incredible illustrations and photographs
    • Every book has a Key Stage 2 look-and-feel to engage older pupils and avoid stigmatisation
    • Topics are relevant for children in years 3-6 and connected to the curriculum and framework objectives for these years to support inclusion
    • Progress titles contain a Reader Response page to encourage the pupil to respond to and recall what they have read. This offers an ideal opportunity to check comprehension
    • Ideas for Reading, written by primary literacy expert Gill Howell are included in the back of every book to help you support the reading needs of each child
    • This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

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