Retold by Martin Waddell, Illustrated by Martin Chatterton
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
When a wee mouse meets a big, hungry monster on the road, he needs to think fast. This is a lively retelling of a traditional story by Martin Waddell. Red / Band 2B - A traditional story Text type - Fiction The focus phonemes in this book are sh, er, oa and ng. Other phonemes practised are ou (ground), th (this), th (thin), ee, w, oo (look), ie (lie) and ch. Children can compare and contrast the two main characters using the character summaries on the final spread. Martin Waddell also wrote Yellow 3 Horse Up a Tree and Blue 4 The Small Bun. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.