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Explore the fascinating life cycle of the salmon, from river life to the big oceans and back to where they hatched, in this highly photographic information book by Sally Morgan. Follow the fish from their very early stages through their journey to adulthood, and find out how other creatures’ journeys through life compare.

Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children’s sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. An information book An illustrated life cycle of salmon on pages 54 and 55 help readers to recap the stages of the life cycles that are shown in the book. Curriculum Links: Science: Life Cycles This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.