A Handful of Hobbies is by Jenny Alexander for Year 3/P4 guided and independent reading. It contains non-chronological information text including: indexes, headings, dub-headings, bibliography.
- Specifically designed to be the right length and at the right level for guided reading and writhing sessions.
- Each book is divided into three sections for three different reading levels. Differences in readability are not obvious to children and books simply look like anthologies.
- Teacher’s Notes emphasise the partnership between reading and writing.
- Texts are written and selected to fulfil term-by-term NLS teaching objectives.
- QCA topic links in many books.
- An impressive array of children’s authors.