Books with author Richard Browne

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), Ben's Amazing Birthday 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, Ben's Amazing Birthday is set in Sydney, Australia. The events of this story took place during the serious bush fires that blazed in and around Sydney in January 1994. With news of the bushfires spreading on the TV and radio, Ben worries about his relations travelling through the bush to get to his birthday party. That's before the family's attention is turned to events closer to home. Narrative recounts also provide excellent models for children's own writing. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.