A fascinating set of information books on a popular children's topic, suitable for guided, shared or independent reading, with good cross-curricular links. These books exemplify the different text types required by the National Literacy Strategy - recount/record, alphabetical reference, report, instructions. This work contains: "Spots and other Lumps and Bumps" (report, recount) - all sorts of spots, from chicken pox and freckles to the Black Death (Jenner, "Ramessess II", beauty patches Lots of ugh! factor for children here); "Experiments on Myself" (instructions, report) - information about the human body and experiments to prove it. Is your foot as long as your forearm? How many smells can you sense in a day? How does holding your nose affect taste? - models scientific approach and writing; "A Body Dictionary" (alphabetic reference, report) - a classic reference book with an entry for every letter, sometimes two. Vital facts and some wacky ones too - you have enough blood to fill 15 drink cans, people eat the weight of 8.5 elephants in a lifetime; "A History of the Flu" (report, recount) - charts various outbreaks showing how deadly (and otherwise) this virus can be.
It includes first-hand accounts and newspaper reports.
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Chris Butterworth is the author of over seventy books, mostly non-fiction, and has written on subjects as diverse as disasters, hiccoughs, basketball and snakes. She lives in Cornwall.
John Lawrence has contributed to well over a hundred books as an illustrator and wood-engraver, including Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman, Tiny's Big Adventure by Martin Wadd
