The Picnic

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book. The family have gone on a picnic. They carefully unpack all the food, only for some uninvited guests to arrive - wasps! The humorous pictures in this simple but funny story develop the text, and provide lots of talking points. A double page spread of the picnic scene at the end helps children to recap the story. Pink A level (Band 1A) books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.

Internationally-renowned children's author, Monica Hughes was a master of science fiction and fantasy writing. She was the recipient of numerous awards and was the author of The Isis Trilogy and A Handful of Seeds. She has written a number of titles for the Collins Big Cat series.

This simple picture book with a familiar theme, looks at the different thigns that a family take on a picnic; the rug, the basket, the sandwiches, the cakes and the drinks. The scene is set for a perfect picnic, until the wasps arrive! Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language A labelled illustration on pages 14 and 15 gives children the chance to recount and discuss the story. This story is paired with an information book with a similar theme: Minibeasts by Siobhan Hardy. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

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