There are lots of opportunities to use this book in cross-curricular topic work. The statistics and fact boxes lend themselves to maths-related activities. The clear and well-illustrated text will appeal to reluctant readers, making this an ideal book for intervention group reading, and as an impetus for nonfiction writing, including biographies, presentations and non-chronological reports.

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