To tie-in with the novel of he same name by Elizabeth Laird (and part of the Literacy Evolve series aimed at Year 5) this set of worksheets asks pupils to attempt to understand the situation of a young girl, Ayesha, living in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon.

For (UK) Years 5 and 6. This comprehension pack has text, sentence and word-level tasks for all chapters with many in-depth questions requiring the children to reflect on the content and characters.

This beautifully-illustrated book covers the theme of RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION, suitable for (UK) Years 3 and 4. (ages 7 - 9) The unit of work for sale includes word, sentence and text level work asking a range of comprehension questions which will keep your students focused and engaged on the text. There are also thesaurus, sequencing and alphabetical order tasks.

This beautifully-illustrated book captures the essence of life for a World War 2 evacuee through the eyes of Lenny. This set of comprehension worksheets also has some word and sentence level tasks and will keep any class of pupils engaged in this book.

This popular Jeremy Strong book will become even more delightful for your years 3 and 4 children. (UK ages 7 to 9) There are questions WITH ANSWERS for each chapter, mostly locating key points within the text but also some vocabulary and personal opinion tasks. (ISBN 0-140-38030-2)

This beautifully illustrated book (published by Red Fox 2004) depicts World War 2 very powerfully through the innocent eyes of a schoolgirl. The questions are a diverse mix between literal, inference, deduction and reasoning. Suitable for Key Stage 2 (ages 7 - 11) Some of the images contained are of concentration camp children.

This book of short stories written by David Clayton, Barry On and Eric Johns is evocative of World War 2 and is appropriate for good Y3 and Y4 readers (UK) or standard Y5. The Unit comprises mainly text-level questions (literal as well as inference) also some word and sentence-level tasks. There are also hot-seating and character-analysis exercises.

This mischievous and sarcastic cat is most popular with Years 3 and 4 (UK) schoolchildren, ages 7 - 9. The pack has comprehension questions for pupils / students (some literal, some inference / deduction questions) with ANSWERS provided in the teacher’s pack ! There are additional tasks including Thesaurus work, sequencing of events into their chronological order and using adverbs from the story to create sentences / phrases of their own.

A wide range of questions for your KS2 pupils / students to encourage them to reflect on and analyse this wonderful book. Activities include text, sentence and word level tasks as well as scenarios to ‘think about’.

From the Oxford Reading Tree series for KS2, this is a series of comprehension questions which will encourage your pupils / students to analyse and reflect on this reading book.

A whole range of comprehension questions (literal, inference / deduction) for (UK) Years 3, 4 and 5 with text, sentence and text level tasks also which engage the pupil to reflect on this lovely book.

A whole range of comprehension questions (literal, inference / deduction) for (UK) Years 3 and 4 with text, sentence and text level tasks also which engage the pupil to reflect on this sweet book , written by Jenny Nimmo who was once the BBC's director for 'Jackanory'.

A useful guided reading pack, several questions for each chapter. Will keep a group occupied for a number of lessons. ANSWERS INCLUDED.

This superb World War 2 novel is partly based on author Nina Bawden’s memoirs of being an evacuee sent to rural Wales. It is very popular with (UK) Year 5 & 6 children (ages 9 - 11) but has enough challenge and depth to be read by older pupils too. This pack contains questions which will assist readers in being able to absorb and reflect on the book’s themes with those all-important answers included !

A wide range of comprehension questions (literal, inference / deduction) for (UK) Years 4, 5, 6 with text, sentence and word level tasks also which engage the pupil to reflect on this intriguing book. Recently updated. (Jan '18)

This pack is to accompany the beautifully-illustrated Rainforest-themed book and has varied questions WITH ANSWERS to aid pupils / students with their understanding of the content. Written by Lynne Cherry and Mark J. Plotkin. (1998 Voyager Books, Harcourt Inc.)

For UK years 3 and 4, a range of reflective pointers, (things to think about) comprehension questions for each chapter (literal, inference / deduction, some personal opinion) with additional word and sentence level tasks for the children to practise their own writing skills.

A whole range of comprehension questions (literal, inference / deduction) for (UK) Years 3 and 4 with text, sentence and word level tasks also which engage the pupil to reflect on this light-hearted book. ANSWERS INCLUDED !

For the popular Lynne Reid Banks story, this is a very comprehensive pack including 150+ questions (one per page of text) and appropriate for Y3 and Y4 readers (UK). The Unit comprises mainly questions that require literal/fact location answers but also includes some requiring inference/deduction and personal opinion tasks.

A unit of work for Years (UK) 5 and 6. Pupil's sheets as well as staff sheets (answers) Includes comprehension work, text level comprehension questions, sentence level and word level tasks including vocabulary work, character studies. Where the intro asks pupil to compare Long Way Home with Kensuke's Kingdom, you could insert an alternative book here for the children to carry out their comparisons ?