Where on Earth?

An information book about the journeys of significant explorers.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Where on Earth describes the journeys of significant explorers, revealing the lands they travelled to and what they found there. Grid maps and grid references offer children an opportunity to find out for themselves where each explorer sailed.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Where on Earth describes the journeys of significant explorers, revealing the lands they travelled to and what they found there. Grid maps and grid references offer children an opportunity to find out for themselves where each explorer sailed.

• Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.
• Text type – An information book.
• A colourful world map on pages 30 and 31 shows the routes the explorers took, providing lots of opportunities for speaking and listening, and work outside the reading session.
• Curriculum links – Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? Passport to the World.
• Fabulous Creatures – Are they Real? is another non-fiction title by Scoular Anderson at this level.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.