Author(s): Richard Brown (Contribution by); Jean Glasberg (Contribution by); Kate Ruttle (Contribution by)

Language and Literacy

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Dad's Promise is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Narrative Recounts, a strand which motivates children to explore their personal responses and make links to their own experiences. Each story in this set of nine marks a significant event from someone's childhood. Retold by Richard Brown, Dad's Promise is set in Edinburgh in the 1970s and tells of the one time that Dad didn't keep his promise to eight-year-old Kate. Narrative recounts also provide excellent models for children's own writing. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.