No Safe Place & Animal Neighbours Level 27-28

This captivating pair of texts invites students into imagined galaxies and their own backyards. No Safe Place is a fast-paced science fiction narrative that follows a space shuttle crew on a search mission across the alien terrain of planet Thork. With vivid illustrations, futuristic vocabulary, and action-driven storytelling, the text introduces students to sci-fi conventions while encouraging creativity and inference. Animal Neighbours grounds the reading experience in reality, offering fascinating facts about the animals that live near us-often unnoticed. Structured as a report, it includes a glossary, photographs, and scientific vocabulary to build inquiry skills. Together, the texts challenge readers to think about habitats-real and imagined-and the creatures that inhabit them.

Educational Benefits:

• Encourages understanding of genre features and science-fiction elements.
• Builds scientific vocabulary around animals and ecosystems.
• Reinforces summarising and information-gathering skills.
• Develops the ability to interpret visual and written text features.

Classroom Ideas:

• Design an alien creature inspired by those in No Safe Place.
• Create a class fact file on animals found in local neighbourhoods.
• Write a continuation of No Safe Place using dialogue and setting clues.
• Conduct a backyard or schoolyard animal observation project.

Safety & Information:

• Ages: 8+
• Book size: 210mm x 148mm
• Softcover, classroom-friendly materials
• No removable parts or safety concerns