Book Reviews

Bobbie and the Parade by Monica Hughes
Series: (Rigby Literacy, Emergent 3)
Genre: Fiction

Most children love to watch and listen as the parade marches by. In this story, Bobbie can't see what's going on...

Title: Fireworks by Joy Cowley
Series: (Joy Readers Level A )
Genre: Fiction

A simple story about a fireworks display. Use this story as a starting point to talk about the exciting fireworks display during National Day. You can talk about colours and other descriptive words like "sparkle", "burst" and "shooting". Encourage your child to draw what he/she saw or experienced and perhaps write a line or two about the picture.

Title: Flags by Jan Pritchett
Series: (Windows on Literacy Maths, Emergent Level)
Genre: Non-Fiction

Encourages your child to identify the shapes on seven nation's flags. Talk about the Singapore flag. Compare the flag with the others in the book. Ask questions such as "Which flag has a circle?" "What is alike about these flags?". Count the shapes on each flag.

Title: What Can Fly by Joy Cowley
Series: (Joy Readers Level A )
Genre: Non-Fiction

One of the best part of the parade is the flypast. Here is a good chance to talk about things or machines that fly. Introduce words like aeroplane, helicopter, fighter jets and so on.