Books with author Kevin Evans

If I weren't meWhat else would I be?It's a universal question that we all wrestle with, particularly as children. And it provides creative fodder for poetry teacher hal evans, who brings the sensibilities of Ogden Nash and Shel Silverstein, illuminated with zany mashups by illustrator Kevin Pope.Leading the reader through a poetic menagerie in which our narrator tries on different guises, evans puns and brays and marches his way through a language-arts funhouse, adopting stances ranging from droll to comical to clever.As they engage in evans infectiously zany wordplay, kids respond in kind, blissfully unaware that they are absorbing poetic structure, form, and technique.

If I weren't meWhat else would I be?It's a universal question that we all wrestle with, particularly as children. And it provides creative fodder for poetry teacher hal evans, who brings the sensibilities of Ogden Nash and Shel Silverstein, illuminated with zany mashups by illustrator Kevin Pope.Leading the reader through a poetic menagerie in which our narrator tries on different guises, evans puns and brays and marches his way through a language-arts funhouse, adopting stances ranging from droll to comical to clever.As they engage in evans infectiously zany wordplay, kids respond in kind, blissfully unaware that they are absorbing poetic structure, form, and technique.

Monty is a busy little boy. His mother is a doctor, so she’s always busy too. With everyone leading such busy lives, it's hardly surprising that no one notices when Monty begins to feel unwell. Whatever can be the matter with him? Young children will easily be able to identify with Monty and his vivid imagination. Anne Fine succeeded Quentin Blake to become Britain’s second Children’s Laureate for 2001-2003. Twice voted Children’s Writer of the Year, she has written more than 40 books, including The True Story of Christmas, The Jamie and Angus Stories, and Up On Cloud Nine.

Aimed at effectively delivering the 2008 framework, the Pupil Books are packed with functional maths questions and spreads and ensure progression by providing differentiated material for each level. Year 8 Pupil Book 1 is fully levelled with built-in progression helping students to move easily from level 4 to level 5 and beyond. This Pupil Book: * Guarantees progression with colour-coded levelling and level boosters to help pupils work at the right level and progress with ease. * Enables pupils to develop vital functional skills and put maths into context with the help of the integrated functional maths questions and exciting real-world spreads. * Promotes personalised learning and self assessment using pupil-friendly learning objectives for every chapter. * Eases the class into understanding new concepts with worked examples. * Stretches and challenges the knowledge and skills of pupils using extension activities. * Provides rigorous maths practice with the hundreds of levelled questions. * Captures pupils' attention using the colourful design. * See the Teacher's Pack for more support and answers.