Books with author Nikki Gamble

Myths, legends, folk tales, fables, trickster stories, humourous stories, adventure stories, mystery stories, historical stories, fantasy, science fiction, stories with familiar settings, stories that raise issues ...all kinds of complete stories for Literacy and reading for pleasure. Chosen by an expert in the use of children's literature in the classroom, this is a collection of 70 complete texts from a range of cultures which are perfect for the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy at KS2. It is also an exciting and immensely varied treasury of short stories that will be enjoyed by all readers. Authors range from Aesop and Arthur Ransome to a role call of the very best for today's young, including Anthony Horowitz, Morris Gleitzman, Alexander McCall Smith, Michael Rosen, Michael Morpurgo, Philippa Pearce, Jan Mark, Jeremy Strong, Adele Geras, Paul Stewart, Malorie Blackman, Jamila Gavin and Beverley Naidoo.

What is the Turkey Trot? How have tap shoes changed over time? Why was Vaudeville so influential? Tap and Jazz provides a detailed look at the development of tap and jazz dance from its origins in African and Irish dances to street fusion jazz and modern tap companies such as Tap Dogs today. The book looks at how the choreography and improvisation differs from other styles of dance. It takes a close look at the specific costumes and make-up used in tap and jazz and its development in the movies.

50 SHARED TEXTS is a series of anthologies for shared reading - one title for each year. Each title contains 50 photocopiable extracts covering the year-appropriate range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Each extract is supported by teacher's notes and an annotated mini-version of each extract to show how it can be worked in the lesson. Teacher's notes show how text can be used to teach multiple objectives and ideas are given for reading and writing activities. The range of texts and poems in YEAR 6 includes: * classic poetry by established modern poets * extracts from classic fiction * extracts from diaries and journals * extracts from biographies and autobiographies * non-chronological reports * journalistic writing * persuasive writing * explanation

This title introduces the life and work of some of the best-known classic children's writers from around the world, such as Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and E.B. White. Each includes a short biography, brief summaries and quotes from key works, and a short quote by a contemporary writer. Illustrated with historical pictures and photographs, this volume should be an engaging and useful source of introductory information on classic writers that children will encounter in English classes and in their own reading.

This pack contains 90 books: 1 copy of every title in the TreeTops Reflect series spanning Oxford Levels 16-20.Reflect is a series of emotionally powerful books with realistic settings, carefully crafted to promote thoughtful discussions and develop higher-level reading comprehension. Written by top childrens authors and developed with Literacy expert and Series Editor Nikki Gamble, these are books you can trust to engage, entertain and support childrens personal development. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to stories with the right depth and complexity for them, and helping them to progress. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children deepen their understanding and support their reading comprehension. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links to relationships education and support literacy skills.

Beautiful and Wonderful English Picture Books"" is a set of English grading books that help children to start from beginning to independent reading. Written for language learning, the episodic structure, vocabulary, sentence length, words and sentence pattern, literary genre are well designed; natural spelling, visual word use, English listening, speaking and writing ability training are merged in the interesting reading. The series of books not only have various styles of illustrations, but also includes tolerance, courage, integrity and other educational topics, which helps to improve the children's abilities of English reading, writing and appreciation of English literature.