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Stellarphant

Author/Illustrator: James Foley

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Suitable: Year 2 to Year 5


Stella the elephant is fighting interstellar discrimination one pachyderm at a time! Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can't join. But where there's a will, there's a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.

Links to the Western Australian curriculum:

English - Language Strand
Explore the effect of choice when framing an image, placement of elements in the image and salience on composition of texts.
 
English - Literature Strand
Describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions.
 
English - Literacy
Using comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting,connecting,summarising, monitoring and questioning when listening, reading and viewing.
 
HASS
Locate and collect information from a variety of sources.
Record selected information and/or data.