基本信息·出版社：Nelson Thornes ·出版日期：2003年02月 ·ISBN：1869614658 ·条形码：9781869614652 ·装帧：平装 ·正文语种：英语 ·丛书名：Progress with Meaning ·外文书名：儿童章节书: 宝石红等级(多媒体故事书系列)
内容简介 These storybooks are graded to help find the appropriate book for a child. Books are based on the logical framework of tension, turning point and resolution, and centre on concepts that children can grasp and situations they can understand. This allows pupils to predict intelligently.
When Amy grows up, she wants to be an astronaut. But right now, she'll settle for stargazing through the telescope her father gave her. The kids at school like to tease her but when Amy and her friend James discover a brand new supernova, guess who has the last laugh?
Sounds in the night signal danger in the back paddock. When John and Melanie investigate, their dog Copper finds a dead kangaroo and a tiny joey that's still alive. Minty becomes part of the family and grows up on the farm. But one day Minty goes missing - has she returned to the wild where she belongs?
Oh no... Scraps is missing. Many of the precious teddy bears in Jim's collection once belonged to his grand-father. Now Jim has twenty-four hours to find Scraps before Grandpa comes to visit. Is that Scraps in the antique shop? And will Jim find him before his sneaky classmate Zelta?
It isn't much fun being ill but Karlie lives in a famous old house full of secrets, so at least now she has time to solve a mystery. When Karlie discovers hidden treasures, she learns about another young girl just the same age as she is now -- who lived in the house more than one hundred years ago.
Ben was born with one hand much smaller than the other. But this doesn't stop him thumping out tunes on the piano. The problem is that music teachers won’t give Ben a chance --- except for Mr Casson. When Ben joins the school orchestra, he makes new friends and forms BAM. As Mr Casson says, "Anything's possible."
"Listen, kid, a toe's a toe, a knee's a knee and an elbow's an elbow. You can't copyright nature!" Or can you? Justin has a talent for art and a very big toe. With a little help from Becky, that's a winning combination -- until nasty Mr Thornhill steals Justin's design.
