Friday, 10 September 2021

BOOK REVIEW: Miss T's Trilogy: Plant Kingdom, Animal Kingdon Picnic, Animal Kingdom Chaos.


TITLE: Miss T's Plant Kingdom / Miss T's Animal Kingdom Chaos / Miss T's Animal Kingdom Picnic
AUTHOR: Tinay Ashby
PUBLISHED BY: Tina Ashby

This is a collection of three titles; Miss T's Plant Kingdom, Miss T's Animal Kingdom Chaos and Miss T's Animal Kingdom Picnic.

These books are intended to help children build and secure scientific knowledge and concepts at base level through fun creative stories and are aimed at Key Stage 1; children aged 5-7 years. Each book has been written by an experienced science teacher and takes a core requirement as set out in the National Curriculum in England for primary science and builds a creative story around it.

The author uses characters that make up Miss T’s class; those being Miss T the cat, Miss Holly and Chase the dogs, Sage the pig, Daisy and Stomper the chickens and Immy a girl, to help children understand the world of nature and animals in a fun way. 

The books are intended to be read to children by parents and educators. Each story utilises familiar classroom routines, repetition and familiar characters. Learning is encouraged by the use of questions and answers in each story.

All books are attractively illustrated by the author with eye-catching colours and lively characters. The books are a compact size making them manageable for any child with small hands to hold. Plus, they have easy to slide pages which make it easier for small hands eagerly wanting to turn over to the next part of the story to handle. Additionally, the books may also be wiped clean if necessary; a bonus practicality.   

Free worksheets may be downloaded for each title.

Miss T's Plant Kingdom  

This story aims to help children identify and describe parts of flowering plants and trees and state the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees.

Miss T's class go on an adventure to a magical Plant Kingdom where they encounter events that help them to learn about plants. The characters morph into different parts of plants and trees whilst others change their colour so that they look the same as the plants and trees. 

This book comes with 5 free downloadable worksheets.

Miss T's Animal Kingdom Chaos

This story aims to help children identify and name a variety of animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 

Miss T's class goes on an adventure to Animal Kingdom where they encounter events that help them learn about grouping animals.They discover the different characteristics of each group and decide which group they belong to.

This book comes with 5 free downloadable worksheets.

Miss T's Animal Kingdom Picnic

Miss T's class are invited to a picnic with their friends from Animal Kingdom. They encounter events that help them to identify and name a group of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Being a vegetarian is also discussed.

This book comes with 5 free downloadable worksheets.

Reviewer - Anne Pritchard


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