Books with author Frances Usher

In the Variety Stage 8 books, Anne Adeney describes the adventures of Una the unicorn who helps the good Timberlins to avoid the mischief of the nasty Grumps, and Frances Usher tells the story of Moneypenny, the Yorkshire terrier, who is a small dog with very big ideas.Variety books provide a support and an extension of reading skills acquired from reading Duck Green School Stories. They are divided into consolidation stories (Una's Spelling Test, Grizzlegrump's Revenge, First Leaf Festival) and extension stories (Moneypenny Goes Camping, Moneypenny and the Pond,Moneypenny's Big Walk). They can be used for Shared or Guided Reading in the Literacy Hour.

Web Spiders is a structured scheme for Key Stage 2 readers who are struggling to read but are still in mainstream classrooms.* High interest, low reading level* Fiction and non-fiction with boy appeal* Short.achievable reads to give a sense of achievement* Look like the books their peers are readingLS range of text types to ensure struggling readers get the same experiences as their peers

Web Spiders is a structured scheme for Key Stage 2 readers who are struggling to read but are still in mainstream classrooms.* High interest, low reading level* Fiction and non-fiction with boy appeal* Short, achievable reads to give a sense of achievement* Look like the books their peers are reading* NLS range of text types to ensure struggling readers get the same experiences as their peers

The two-act play, That Rebellious Towne (at Extended Reading: A, for 9-10 year olds) is one of ten playscript adaptations of existing Cambridge Reading stories to be published in January 2000. This group-reading pack is accompanied by teacher's notes, co-authored by Nick Warburton (an experienced playwright and children's author) and Jennie Dunn (a practising teacher and drama specialist), comprehensively covering the NLS requirements for study of plays as well as offering general guidance on reading and performing the plays in the classroom. The plays are ideal for group/guided reading sessions, providing an excellent means for practising reading, speaking and listening skills within a supportive group context. They can be used to deliver all the NLS objectives for plays, especially focus on play adaptation and comparison of genre.

Excerpt from Dogs and PuppiesNow, children, said Gypsy, an old mother Boston Terrier, I must begin to teach you some manners, for you will soon have to leave your old mother, and go out into the world and look after yourselves. I heard your master say that Mrs. Updike was coming to look at you this afternoon, and that she would give a hundred and twenty-five dollars for the puppy that suited her, if he could show the pedigree papers and they were satisfactory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Dogs and PuppiesNow, children, said Gypsy, an old mother Boston Terrier, I must begin to teach you some manners, for you will soon have to leave your old mother, and go out into the world and look after yourselves. I heard your master say that Mrs. Updike was coming to look at you this afternoon, and that she would give a hundred and twenty-five dollars for the puppy that suited her, if he could show the pedigree papers and they were satisfactory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

These are the titles for the OLW fiction strand for upper Key Stage 2, (Y5 and Y6) designed to fit the National Literacy Strategy.Year 5:"The Treasure in the Mud" by Gillian Cross - an historical story set in Victorian Britain"The River Runs to the End of Time" by Frances Usher - a story about friendships during the English civil war"How Did the World Begin?" by Rosalind Kerven - creation myths from around the world"The Legend of King Arthur" by Mick Gowar - a retelling of part of this famous legend"Lennox and the Casa Montego Smugglers" by Errol Lloyd - Lennox and his grandfather discover a smuggling ring while on holiday in Jamaica"Cloud Forest" by Mark Leyland - children in Equador lay a ghost to rest