The Best Books for Class Reading series is aimed at providing class readers for FAL learners in grade 4 to 9 (English and Afrikaans). Each book includes contextual questions for discussion during class or at home. The Adventures of Koda is the third book in this series. Written by debut author Valencia Jacobs, the target audience is learners in Grade 4 and 5 and this book follows the adventures of Koda, the husky, and Bella, the labrador.

Gee jou kleinding ‘n voorsprong! Hierdie boek is spesiaal geskryf om taalontwikkeling te bevorder en kleuters se selfvertroue ‘n hupstoot te gee terwyl hulle leer praat.

Geskep deur ouers vir ouers. Kleuterklets kan vinnig of stadig gelees word, afhangende van hoeveel tyd (en energie!) jy het. Of dit vyf minute of 25 is, jou kleinding sal versot wees daarop om dié boek met jou te deel.

Propvol raad en wenke, met flappies om te lig en snaakse detail om op elke besige bladsy te ontdek. Dié boek sal jou help om jou kleuter te leer praat - en om met jou kleuter te praat!

From YouTube smash-hit educator Ms Rachel comes an interactive, surprise adventure designed for little readers. Packed with brightly coloured illustrations, it’s the perfect early learning book little ones will love to read and engage with, again and again.

Ms Rachel is searching for something really special and needs your help to find it! What can it be?

An instant New York Times bestseller!

Packed with fun ways to engage and play, sing and move, join Ms Rachel and:

• Sing along to popular nursery rhymes and brand-new songs
• Help open the boxes and copy the easy actions Ms Rachel guides you through
• Learn how to take deep breaths
• Discover over 20 important gestures and speech milestones

Have you ever seen a horse with spots? And do you know where piglets like to play? Come and meet all the animals on the farm!

This stimulating board book teaches toddlers and little ones about their favourite farm animals.

Kom kuier in die oerwoud en ontmoet die diere! Kinders kan hierdie prettige kartonboek enige plek saamdra en speel-speel meer leer oor hulle gunsteling- wilde diere.

Daar’s baie om te ontdek!

Kom kuier op die plaas en ontmoet die diere! Kinders kan hierdie prettige kartonboek enige plek saamdra en speel-speel meer leer oor hulle gunstelingplaasdiere.

Daar’s baie om te ontdek!

The Flixies teach us one of their most important secrets: variety. And so we learn what the word biodiversity means, and why it is so important that we understand it. Facto learns that there is an exceptional number of different types of animals and plants on Earth, and that each one that is discovered must be named. Grandma Flox surprises the Flixies with a very special piece of embroidery…

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

The Flixies talk about one of the most important natural resources, namely soil. They explain how important soils is to all plants, animals and humans, but they are also deeply concerned…

Although the earth is large and covered in soil, there is only a very small fertile layer where plants can grow and provide food for all living things. Flex uses a berry to explain this issue.

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

The earliest green plants lived in water. Since the conditions on land was very different from life in water, the earliest plants would have simply dried out and would have been unable to stay upright without support of water. Facto learns how plants developed to be able to live on land and which plants were the most successful in propagating on land…

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

Kwax is in a discussion with Mannie Marsh Frog who is telling him about his ancestral history. He tells Kwax that the ancient amphibian ancestors were big and clumsy and really struggled to move about and live on land. An interesting point regarding amphibians is that they have not yet developed eggs with shells. They therefore return to water to lay their eggs. When the eggs hatch, little tadpoles pop out!

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide