This British import incorporates positive images of a young black girl's determination to find out who she is. Cairo learns many wonderful new things, but one concern is always with her-the reason her birth mother gave her up. Then she meets Diane, a beautiful, friendly, and confident black teen, and she and her family begin to teach Cairo in the ways of being proud of one's heritage. The fact that she was a different color didn't matter when she was young, but now that she is 16, Cairo feels uneasy in the world of whites, even within her own family.

Promotes valuable awareness of community and citizenship through many titles based around issues of community, environment and health.Gr 6-8-Cairo Hughes's parents always told her that when they first picked her up, they knew they loved her and wanted her as their daughter.

Covers a huge range of NLS fiction genres including plays and poetry to promote speaking and listening.

Presents a wide range of different titles to stimulate all readers at Key Stage 2/P4-7.

Provides gradual, age-appropriate progression and supportive clusters of shared, guided and independent reading books based around common themes for Key Stage 1/P1-3.Specific materials for progress monitoring and assessment for teachers and children in the Teacher’s Books including reading and writing assessment task copymasters, test passages and reading records.Offers at-a-glance NLS teaching support in a literacy grid at the back of every book highlighting text, sentence and word level work for easy access by teachers, teaching assistants and parents.Inspires children with an unparalleled variety of fiction by significant children’s authors and illustrators such as Anne Fine, Beverley Naidoo, Michael Rosen, Jacqueline Wilson and Geraldine McCaughrean.Longman Book Project fiction books excite all readers with an exceptionally variety of major children’s authors and illustrators.įiction Editor and Language Consultant: Wendy Body It is a humorous adventure text and is part of Longman Band 13 ages 9-10. Ebony and the Mookatook Bush is for Year 5-6/P6-7 shared, guided and independent reading.

Cairo Hughes by Millie Murray