Harriet Holmes and the Portrait (2023 Awards - Extensive Reading Foundation)

Jurors’ comment: Chutipa: Attractive book design with good quality production. Interesting characters of young kids trying to solve the case. The illustration is beautiful and coordinates with the story very well to help improve comprehension.
Online voter’s comments: That book has an interesting story because that can teach us about critical thinking in problems in our life. So, it can make us good at thinking. This book uses simple words that I can understand. The story has a good plot so this book is very exciting. This book also has clear pictures that can make me understand the story.

Has Harriet got the detective skills of her father?

The portrait of Lord Methody, the founder of Methody School is missing. But who could want the portrait of this unpopular man and why? Harriet Holmes and her friends, Violet and John set out to solve the mystery – but has
Harriet got the detective skills of her father? Read and find out!

Syllabus
Vocabulary areas
School, family, materials
Language
Present tenses
Past simple regular and irregular forms
Past continuous, Present perfect
Be going to future, Question words
(Who, Why, Where, What)
Adjectives and adverbs
Before/after clauses, Must
Might, Look + adjective
Expressions
Suddenly Quick!
Let’s go.
Thank you.
Very clever!
Well done Remember ...

Tags
Critical thinking | Adventure | Bravery