Lisa Maccormac

The Bored King Lisa Maccormac

This is an insightful story about King George and his friendship with Lord Moor. The King is bored and it seems that Lord Moor cannot help. He searches across the land to find ways of cheering up King George. Along the way, he hosts a fancy ball, he finds an earwig with a hot air balloon and a bear that can sing. But King George is still bored. Until Lord Moor finds out that the circus is coming to town. What follows is a series of performances that eventually makes the King realise that he is indeed a very lucky king. This is a story about friendship, supporting each other when needed, not giving up, appreciating others and not being selfish. There are also four fun and engaging activities for your reader to complete in order to check and reinforce comprehension and learning. This is the second read-aloud book in 'Sounds make Words make Stories' Series 3. This is a structured reading program that introduces sound groups in a systematic and uncluttered way. It builds confidence and capability in your new reader by only focusing on new sounds together with those already learned. The program contains self-reader books as well as read-aloud story books. 'The Bored King' acts as a back drop to introduce the characters from the self-reader books in series 3 and series 3+, books 3 through 5. This program has had success with young readers, stubborn readers, readers with learning difficulties and readers with English as a second language. It has been proven to be an excellent educational tool within schools as well as for home learning.