It's fun to play outside, and these three children enjoy it in all seasons, summer, autumn, winter and spring – whatever the weather! Each season is evocatively illustrated by Tim Hopgood – 2008 winner of Booktrust's Best Emerging Illustrator Award, developing the text and encouraging discussion.
- Pink B level/Band 1B books offer simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions
- Text type: A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
- Illustrations of each of the four main seasons on pages 14-15 show the weather you can expect during each one and what sort of games you can play in it.
- Curriculum links: Knowledge and Understanding of the World
It's fun to play outside, and these three children enjoy it in all seasons, summer, autumn, winter and spring – whatever the weather! Each season is evocatively illustrated by Tim Hopgood – 2008 winner of Booktrust's Best Emerging Illustrator Award, developing the text and encouraging discussion.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.
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