Based on a true story of a humpback whale that tied up New York City's boat traffic as he wandered off course, this title covers up to Key Stage 2, with a richer vocabulary of up to 200 words. It is a wonderful series that can take your child from Foundation to age 8 years and beyond. Watch out for the whale? Henry, a humpback whale, took a wrong turn - and swam right into busy, noisy New York Harbour. Can he leave town safely and return to the sea? Exciting images capture all the action in this true tale of a whale that got lost - but eventually found his way home.

Developed to grow the new reader, "I'm Going to Read[trademark]" offers children entertaining stories and spectacular artwork. The books are a strong complement to whatever reading programme your child is using at school - whether it be phonics, literature based or a combination of the two. It gives your child a richer vocabulary of up to 200 different words, a varied sentence structure, offers high-interest stories with longer plots and is designed to promote independent reading.

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■ I'm Going to Read！是一套以字彙量作為分級標準的讀本系列！

------每冊頁數約為22-46頁。課程設計以幫助學生認字(Word Recognition)為目標，透過字彙不斷在內文中重複出現，加強學生的字彙能力。
------字數分為四級(50字/100字/200字/300字)，可讓小朋友循序漸進培養閱讀能力，可愛幽默的故事內容，活潑的彩色插畫，對於低級數的小朋友(Level 1~2)每頁貼心設計將重點字彙列出，方便學習。

• Level 1 ~2 於每一頁上方接設計新字字彙庫(word bank)，讓學生對所學的字彙一目了然。封底將每一本書的字彙加以整理，協助學生複習。

• 故事內容圍繞在小朋友日常生活為主，還有家庭、學校所發生精采有趣的故事，插圖富有童趣，能引起學生學習的動機，讓學生可以以快速的達到學習目標。而隨著字彙及學生程度的增加，文章長度隨之增長，內容也隨之增難。

• 課程以不同的文體來呈現主題，幫助學生接觸多元的體裁，例如：韻文、詩集等。