Genre: Fantasy animal story with patterned language.

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read some high frequency words.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Show an understanding of the elements of stories, such as main character, sequence of events, and openings.

This book is part of a book series called Rigby Star .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 2007 by Pearson Education Limited .

Alison Hawes is a freelance writer specializing in fiction and non-fiction for children. She has been a school teacher, a classroom assistant, and playgroup helper but now writes full time. She has written over 80 books for schools, stories and articles for BBC Playdays.