This pack is a collection of the high-level TreeTops books published in 2018, perfect for higher-level junior readers. It contains 12 books at Oxford Levels 17-20 from three popular TreeTops strands: Chucklers, which offers laugh-out-loud stories to engage children in reading for pleasure; inFact, a powerfully engaging non-fiction series; and Greatest Stories, a celebrated series of timeless classics retold. These books have been expertly developed to deliver the comprehension opportunities, text-type range and extended vocabulary required to stretch readers at the higher levels. Written by top children's authors and brought to life by brilliant illustrations, the mixed-genre stories and non-fiction titles are sure to engage and entertain readers, while careful text levelling ensures an appropriate level of challenge. With flexible teaching support available, this collection will support children to reach the higher expectations of the 2014 literacy curriculum.

 

This book was published 2018 by Oxford University Press .

Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other projects, including for the V&A Museum, British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Childrens Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate. Michael Morpurgo has brought together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Stevie Smith, John Lennon and Jo Shapcott. Jeremy Strong is a multi-award winning author of hilarious children's books, and an expert in both making children laugh and engaging them in reading. Greg Foot is a science presenter on TV, online, on the radio and at live events. He's been recognized as one of the leading science communicators in the UK and named an engagement fellow for the Welcome Trust - a multimillion-pound charity that supports biomedical science and engagement.