Product Description
Collins Big Cat - The King of Arcabuco: Band 16/Sapphire
Author(s): Nadine Cowan, Illustrated by Nadine Cowan
Format: Physical Hardcopy
“Roll double six or double three, let’s learn about your history.” Join Aniyah, EJ and Olivia, the time-travelling trio, as they play their Ludi board game and are transported to another action-packed adventure back in time, helping real people from history and solving exciting mysteries along the way. EJ, Aniyah and Olivia have been transported back in time!
It’s 1601 and they’re lost in a dense South American jungle, where they meet a group of escaped Maroons, and their leader, Benkos. Will the trio be able to use secret call signs and hidden maps to help their new friends find freedom?
This exciting book is one of several action-packed adventure stories from Black history, written and illustrated by Nadine Cowan. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Pages 54 and 55 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
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