Collected Resources

What are Monsters Like? 

This text uses simple rhyming couplets to create a simple text which children can engage with. The repeated pattern and colourful illustrations will encourage children to identify rhymes and comparisons and to develop their own ideas too.

I Hate Football

This text helps engage children through the use of a familiar topic and humour as they explore the many games they could play – and football! The repetition in the structure will support children who are now reading independently.

The debate of tea and coffee

Written by Atiyah bin Ali and translated by Clive Holes, this text is a fabulous translation of a traditional Arabic dialogue poem. Stunningly illustrated, the two combatants debate their relative merits, drawing on their separate history and cultures. This book is an asset to any Y5 or Y6 classroom.

Cat’s list poem

This uses very simple rhyming couplets in the context of a list poem to create a text with which all children, even those at the very start of their reading journey, can engage.  The illustrations make the book one to which children will want to return repeatedly.