Swimming with Dolphins: Band 09/Gold (Collins Big Cat) - Tapa blanda

Join a young girl on the adventure of a lifetime as she swims with dolphins. Written in the first person, in a captivatingly immediate style, readers will feel that they are there with the young swimmer as she fulfils her dream.

· Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.

· Text type - A non-fiction recount.

· A labelled diagram on pages 22 and 23 show the different parts of a dolphin, offering reinforcement.

· Curriculum links - Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?, Passport to the world.

Angie Belcher's stories feature many of the dare-devil activities she has enjoyed, including white-water rafting, bungy jumping, scuba diving and caving.