Jillian Powell began writing with a big paper pad and coloured crayons when she was four. When she grew up, she started writing short stories and features for magazines and then began working on books for children. She has written over 250 books including picture books and rhyming stories on ghosts, pirates, scarecrows and a dancing hippo. She also writes information books on every kind of subject from food and festivals to baby animals.
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Interested in football? This photographic non-fiction book looks at all the different football skills needed to play the game, score and win. Pink/1B - A simple non-fiction book Text type: Non-fiction Focus phonemes: i, c, a, n, p, ck, t, k, o, d, r, u, g, e, s Pictures of all the individual skills on pages 14-15 help children to recap what they've read and provide a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities