If: Band 08/Purple

by Mij Kelly, Mark Beech (Illustrator)

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 A poemPages 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 Silly stuff.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

49 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

What could be more beautiful than the laughter of children? That's why I write. You can find out more about me and my books, and read essays for children - and adults - on imagination and the craft of writing at my website.

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Look out for The Bump, which will be published on 6th October. I wrote it when my daughter was expecting my first grandchild - now four years old and starting school! I was so aware, when I was writing it, of what a journey pregnancy is, and how women throw their all into it to help their babies grow. It seemed to me that the boundless love and hope and courage of the mum-to-be wasn't very often celebrated. So that's what I set out to do. But I've got to say, words aside, Nicholas Allan's illustrations make this book. They're so soft and sweet and funny. He hits just the right note.