Reading Comprehension and Creative Writing, Year 5" by Charlotte Makhlouf and Irene Yates is designed to help Year 5 students develop their reading comprehension and writing skills. It includes engaging stories and activities covering various genres like narrative, poetry, recounts, and persuasive writing. The book emphasizes reading for meaning and features a range of challenging texts, such as newspaper articles, dialogues, plays, stories, and poems, with a gradual progression in difficulty. It also focuses on key elements like dialogue, interpretation, and identifying information within texts.