If If- Band 08/Purple

Using the influence of Rudyard Kipling's Poem "If", award-winning author Mij Kelly explores the challenges of living in a world filled with monstrous people, and how important it is to keep smiling regardless of the chaos around you. * Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. * Text type: A poem * Pages 22 and 23 explore how the boy's world looks when it is filled with monsters, and how it really looks, allowing children to discuss and compare the scenes. * Curriculum links: Literacy: Silly stuff. * This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.