Amazon.com description: Product Description: Exploring Texts: Independent Reading A is the first of four teacher's resource books to accompany Cambridge Reading fiction and poetry in each of the junior years. An invaluable resource for the flexible literacy hour, the book develops comprehension and encourages personal response to literature. It contains a wealth of enjoyable activities and photocopiable worksheets together with record sheets and author profiles. Cambridge Reading is a new reading scheme for key stages 1 and 2 which provides stimulating books and support for the teaching of reading throughout the primary years. Key features include a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high quality, attractive books; a balance of different text types and genres; comprehensive support materials linked to the Literacy Hour.