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Wonder Detectives
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TAL 2 · Ages 7–8 · Island of Togetherness

Wonder Detectives

"What can a story show me about the world?"

A passport to new places and fresh ideas. Poems and tales from many lands, grouped into five trails about happiness, fun, play, nature and following your heart.

Ages 7–8 11 stories & poems NCF Foundational Culture Adventurers
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What's inside

The stories

★ Happiness is…
Because Sakina Smiled
Geeta Dharmarajan
The Prayer of the Little Bird
Carmen Bernos de Gasztold · tr. Rumer Godden
★ Fun is…
The Great Big Enormous Turnip
Tolstoy, retold
The Baby Cloud
Katha
★ Playing is…
On the Ning Nang Nong
Spike Milligan
How to Weigh an Elephant
folktale
Millions of Cats
Wanda Gág
★ Nature is…
The Coming of Fire
folktale
Rain
Ismail Merathi
★ Following your heart is…
Haiku
various
Passion
Katha
Using this book

How different readers use it

In a classroom

Mentor's Guide Set 1 gives explorer boxes, discussion prompts and TADAA activities for every story.

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At home or NIOS

The book is written for an adult reading with a child, so you don't need teaching experience to use it. Read a story together and talk it over.

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For a school or board

Use TAL 2 across a year group, on its own or with your existing syllabus. It sits at the NCF Foundational stage.

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