The Scots Pine

by Phil Gates

Suitable for children in Year 1 (age 5), The Scots Pine is one of nine books from the Cambridge Reading non-fiction strand. This strand has been designed to introduce children to information retrieval skills. Three books in this strand - Bubbles, Animal Senses and The Scots Pine - have been written by Phil Gates. They are concerned with very different areas of discovery and each is illustrated with a selection of photographs to encourage children to make their own observations of the natural world. These books contain extended captions for more advanced readers. Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to offer children a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading.

24 pages, Paperback

First published February 3, 2003

About the author

Dr Phil Gates lectures on biology at the University of Durham, UK, and regularly writes for BBC Wildlife. His other books for children on natural history include The Aliens Are Coming, The Amazing World of Plants and 365 Days of Nature and Discovery.