Sails Take-Home Library Set B: Monkey and Gorilla (Reading Level 8)

Jill Eggleton

Pearson Education Australia, 2005 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 15 pages

The Sails Take-Home Library features two sets of stimulating texts to support take-home reading programs. The books are filled with amusing characters, humorous situations and colourful pictures, to engage students and encourage them to read outside the classroom. The inclusion of Parent Notes in each book enables parents to play an integral part in strengthening their child's reading skills.

The Sails Take-Home Library features an exciting mix of titles in both Set A and Set B. Covering a variety of genres and styles, the vibrant mix of fiction and non-fiction titles will engage every student.

This reader is classified as Reading Level 8 / Fountas and Pinnell Level E. Visit our Levelled readers page for further information on reading levels.

About the author

Jill Eggleton is a New Zealand author and teacher who won the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for 'outstanding contribution to New Zealand children's literature and literacy'. As a teacher, Eggleton implemented literacy programs that are widely used in New Zealand schools. She is the author of several books on classroom practice, including Linking the Language Strands (republished as Lighting the Literacy Fire), which has sold over 80,000 copies worldwide; and co-author of more than 800 school readers in the `Sails' reading program. Eggleton has worked as a literary consultant for schools around the world, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sails Take-Home Library Set B: Monkey and Gorilla (Reading Level 8); Sails literacy series: Early; Sails take-home: Early reading recovery level
• Author: Jill Eggleton
• Illustrated by: John Bennett
• Publisher: Pearson Education Australia, 2005
• ISBN: 1869701682, 9781869701680
• Length: 15 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Intermediate