A little monkey is very hungry, but he can't open the banana. Which animal will show him how? The Tiddlers series features fun stories with a word count of fewer than 50 words for children who are just starting to read. A word list at the beginning of the story allows for a quick check of the reader's ability to read and understand words before reading, and a puzzle at the end of the story encourages rereading for pleasure.

 

This book is part of a book series called Tiddlers .

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.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hachette Children's Group .

Andy Blackford is an ex-advertising executive with a vivid imagination. He has recently had several of his picture books published, before contributing to Leapfrog. Deborah Nash is a freelance journalist and storyteller. She is the author of numerous children's plays, several of which have been produced professionally, and has also written drama scripts for BBC Worldwide and Radio. This is her first story for this age range. Josh Webb has always loved animals, and he lives on a farm in Sussex. He has llamas, cows, horses, sheep and pigs, as well as two cats and three dogs. Unfortunately, he has never caught them talking to each other, but he knows that they do when he's not around. Josh would love to live in a safari park, and Silly Safari is his way of imagining what happens in them. Gabriele Antonini has illustrated some Reading Corner Phonic books and several young fiction titles, such as The Hungry Little Monkey and Who Ate All the Pies? This is his first Banana.