Three funny stories about a young boy and his pocket-sized alien friend by Elizabeth Dale for Egmont's green banana series. A New Friend for Charlie. When Charlie finds a tiny alien in his pocket, he's thrilled to make a new friend. But Zak's excitement soon makes a mess of the house. Can the pair tidy up before Mum comes home? Happy Birthday, Charlie. It's Charlie's birthday, but bad weather threatens to ruin his party. Can Zak save the day? Zak at the Seaside Charlie and Zak take a trip to the beach. When Charlie loses his watch, his alien pal is on hand to find it again. Terrific alien stories for new readers finding their feet. Green bananas are divided into short, simple stories to develop reading techniques over a number of sessions. They are suitable for NC Level 1 readers. Green Bananas are carefully designed with education in mind, supporting children's understanding of how to read longer books. Green bananas only use one clause in each sentence and rely on dialogue and speech bubbles to encourage reading aloud.

 

This book features in the following series: Banana Books, Green Bananas .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Egmont UK Ltd .

ELIZABETH DALE studied physics and worked for many years in the health service. After her three daughters were born, she was re-introduced to children's books. Elizabeth lives in rural West Sussex. She has had over 1600 stories (teenage and adult) published all over the world, and has children's books published for Bloomsbury, Egmont, Andersen, Simon and Schuster and others. Lisa Regan is the author of more than 200 published titles, including puzzle books, children's reference, licensed characters and curriculum-linked workbooks. She lives in Colchester with her husband and two sons. Steven Wood is a children's book illustrator who has worked for Usborne, Macmillan, Parragon, Scholastic, Egmont and Templar. He lives in London.