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.
Interest Age:
4
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
This photographic non-fiction book gives children simple instructions for how to build their own tent in the garden using a sheet, a rope and some rocks. This photographic non-fiction book gives children simple instructions for how to build their own tent in the garden using a sheet, a rope and some rocks. Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development. Children can recap the stages of how to make a camp on pages 14-15. Text type: An instruction text Curriculum links: Art