Primary

In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth–so! Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small ‘Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale’s right ear, so as to be out of harm’s way. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and said, ‘I’m hungry.’ And the small ‘Stute Fish said in a small ‘stute voice, ‘Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?’

Spot those signposts! My Father’s Dragon By Ruth Stiles Gannett Adapted by Linda Kirby Primary Reading Challenge Read the excerpt below and determine which of the 6 signposts are being used.      My father hid in the hold for six days and nights. Twice he was nearly caught when the ship stopped to take on

Spot those signposts! Dr. Dolittle By Hugh Lofting. Adaptation Adapted by Linda Kirby Primary Reading Challenge Read the excerpt below and determine which of the 6 signposts are being used.      It happened one day that the Doctor was sitting in his kitchen talking with the Cat’s-meat-Man who had come to see him with a