Lean, lively Monkey causes havoc in the village. Fat, friendly Panda spends her days quietly munching bamboo. Who is more lovable? The Chinese villagers cannot decide, and call in a wise old monk to help them choose. Antonia Barber's "The Ghosts" was runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
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`We like the repetition and rigour of RWI Comprehension, and children always enjoy working with the modules linked to children's books. The pitch of the activities is very good as it encourages all the children and helps to stretch them.' Downshall Primary School, Ilford.
`RWI Comprehension gets our children to a secure Level 3.' Bea Coates, Grafton Primary School, Holloway
`The children's imagination takes off. They start to use sentences they would never have used before they did the Comprehension modules. Children love the Vocabulary Catch and the Fantastic Sentences.' Val Wing, Whetstone Field Primary School, Walsall --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Antonia Barber's The Ghosts was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and filmed as The Amazing Mr Blunden. The Mousehole Cat was a finalist for the Smarties Prize, winner of the 1990 British Book Award and Commended for the 1991 Kate Greenaway Medal; it was later made into an animated film. In 1993 Tales from Grimm was selected for Child Education Best Collections of the Year. Meilo So is the award-winning illustrator of many picture books for Frances Lincoln. She was born in Hong Kong, educated at Brighton College of Art and now lives in the UK with her husband and daughter.
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Close by the village lay a ruined temple. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Little Inchkin by Fiona French in Back Matter
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- Tales from Grimm by Jacob Grimm in Front Matter
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- Wishbones: A Folk Tale from China by Barbara Ker Wilson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Tales from Grimm by Antonia Barber in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh in Back Matter
- The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber in Back Matter
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