Author Description

Product Description In this cluster, Max, Cat and Ant explore an ants' nest in Ant Meets the Queen. In A NASTI Surprise the children follow a robot into the drain, only to get a nasty shock. In the Knockits of Knockity Hoo Jed and Ava explore the caves at Knockity Hoo. Also in this cluster, find out more aboutthe underground world in the two non fiction books, Ants at Home and Going Underground.Each book comes with notes for parents that highlight tricky words or concepts in the books, prompt questions and suggest a range of follow-up activities. The Underground Guided Reading Notes provide step-by-step guided reading support for each book in the Underground cluster, together withguidance about comprehension, assessment for learning and vocabulary enrichment. Hands-on follow-up activities and cross-curricular links are also provided for each book. About the Author Tony Bradman has been involved with children's books for nearly thirty years, as a reviewer, editor, poet and writer of stories. He has published more than 200 books for children of all ages, and his work has been translated into more than twenty languages and read all over the world, as wellas being adapted for television. He is probably best known for the Dilly the Dinosaur books, and one of his stories is currently being adapted into a film by Cartoon Network. Tony has three children and two grandchildren, and lives in London.