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The clumsy crocodile
Summary
Young Reading Series 2
The clumsy crocodile
- Cassy the clumsy crocodile leaves a trail of destruction at the Everglades Department Store. But her clumsiness saves the store from a pair of greedy robbers. A comical story for children growing in reading confidence.
- Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.
- The audio CD includes a dramatic listen-along recording with music and sound effects, followed by a read-along version with prompts for page turns.
- Selected for the Booked Up scheme "Accessible Book Option" 2009. For more information, click on "Links & Fun" below.
“irresistible for children learning to read”
Child Education Plus
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Press & Blog Reviews
The Usborne Young Reading Program has a lovely selection of classic tales adapted for younger readers. Graded in seven levels, these have just enough stretch in them and yet are not too overwhelming.
The Irish Sunday Independent
Usborne's award winning range of children's books now includes a vibrant Reading Programme, featuring over 200 brilliant titles that supplement National Curriculum levels 1C to 4A. Bright full-cover illustrations combine with lively text to make these colourful hardback fact and fiction books irresistible for children learning to read, and will help capture their imagination and build confidence as they move from one level to the next.
Child Education Plus - top teaching resources to support the curriculum
Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme. Seven steps take beginners from simply written folk stories told in 150 words through to lovers of classic and original stories and histories, biographies and classics told in 5,000 words. Colour-coded for ease of use, and presented in a beautiful hardback, every story is well-written and attractively illustrated in full colour by leading artists.
Julia Eccleshare
Extras
- Visit the Booked Up website
Find out more about the Booked Up scheme to encourage reading for pleasure. For the 2009 list of selected titles, click on "Other options".
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