Books with author Phil Gates

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Animal Communication is one of nine books from the Cambridge Reading non-fiction strand. This strand has been designed to introduce young readers to information retrieval skills. Animal Communication explains why animals need to communicate, and looks at the variety of ways in which they do so. With the aid of beautiful colour photographs, amusing illustrations and a clear, straightforward text, children read about animals that communicate using sound, colour, movement, smell or light. The book's activity boxes encourage children to try out some different forms of communication for themselves. Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to offer children a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading.

The Animal Senses Big Book is part of the Cambridge Reading Range of Genres (non-fiction) strand for Year 1/Primary 2. It is ideal for sharing with groups or to use for whole class shared sessions. It looks at the special ways in which animals use their senses to find out about the world around them. Sections focus upon each sense in turn and the book ends with some intriguing mysteries about animals that seem to have a 'sixth sense'. There are also some games and activities for children to try out to test their own senses! The contents page and index will help children to access particular information about animals that especially interest them. There is also a useful glossary that explains some of the more unfamiliar words and concepts introduced.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years. Cambridge Reading Big Books provide texts in a size that is big enough for the teacher to give large groups of children a shared experience of the same text and to demonstrate early reading skills and strategies. They are ideal for implementation of the Literacy Hour. This is a Big Book version of the popular Beginning to Read phase title Bubbles.