Books with author Richard G Brown

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Dad's Promise is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Narrative Recounts, a strand which motivates children to explore their personal responses and make links to their own experiences. Each story in this set of nine marks a significant event from someone's childhood. Retold by Richard Brown, Dad's Promise is set in Edinburgh in the 1970s and tells of the one time that Dad didn't keep his promise to eight-year-old Kate. Narrative recounts also provide excellent models for children's own writing. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.

Rachel's Mysterious Drawings is a thought-provoking story it deals in a humorous way with the often unaccountable mood swings that children display. Richard Brown portrays perfectly a child struggling to understand the relationship between her 'good side' and her 'bad side'. The book has black and white illustrations, helping to make the book accessible and attractive to its target readership. Rachel's Mysterious Drawings is one of thirteen books that make up Independent Reading Level A, for children in Year 3/Primary 4. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to extend children's experience of fiction and motivate them to enjoy reading. Rachel's Mysterious Drawings provides children with a good introduction to the short story form and will help to improve their independence as readers.

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), A Shoot of Corn is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Narrative Recounts, a strand which motivates children to explore their personal responses and make links to their own experiences. Each story in this set of nine marks a significant event from someone's childhood. This is a true story about Richard Brown, which happened in 1958. In the village school that Richard used to go to as a boy, there was always a harvest festival. One year, Richard found some grains of corn. In the spring, he planted one in a jar and watched it grow into a beautiful shoot of corn. Narrative recounts also provide excellent models for children's own writing. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.