Samantha Montgomerie is an author who loves writing for young people. She has written a number of educational readers, middle grade fiction and poetry. She has numerous poems published for adults, found in various anthologies and literary journals. She has worked for over 25 years as an English teacher, and loves seeing young people engrossed in great stories. She lives in New Zealand, where she likes to wander, letting the salt-laced air inspire great plotlines and poetry.
Interest Age:
9
Reading Age:
9
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Reading
Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 15 fluency levels aimed at children in Years 2-4. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading. Fluency 14 books have a word count of 6960 words with an expected reading rate of 145 words per minute. Mary dreams of performing on stage, but as a young female seamstress in Elizabethan London, her talents must stay behind the scenes. However, when illness strikes the cast of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mary seizes her chance! With the help of her friends, she disguises herself as a boy and prepares for the performance of her life.