Tod is a shy tortoise who hides away, especially when it's time to tidy up! But what will happen when Tod is forced out of the comfort of his own shell? This sweet story is written and illustrated by acclaimed author Charlotte Middleton.
* Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
* Children can follow the important stages of the story in the flow chart on pages 14-15.
* Text type: A story with a familiar setting
* Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us
This book is part of a book series called Collins Big Cat .
This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years. 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 16 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Collins UK has been publishing educational and informative books for almost 200 years. Charlotte Middleton studied at the Cambridge School of Art. She illustrated Monster Pet! by Angela McAllister. Charlotte lives with her partner and their cat in the Gloucestershire countryside in England.
This book is in the following series:
Collins Big Cat
The Collins Big Cat series is a fully structured reading scheme with both fiction and non fiction titles. The series was designed to build speaking and listening as well as reading skills. Every book contains a unique reader response activity plus reading tips including suggested comprehension activities and curriculum links.
