A moving story about the gift of friendship by Melissa Balfour and Russell Julian for Egmont's Green Banana series. Tim is very shy. He likes playing with his dog Wig and his bird Zip. When Lola moves next door and gives him a mysterious birthday present, it is the start of a magical adventure! 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 is part of a book series called Banana Books .

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2005 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Melissa Balfour This is Melissa Balfour's first book. She lives in London with her husband and son. Russell Julian Russell Julian is a graduate from the Anglia Illustration School. He has illustrated four board books and one picture book - Horsey - to great acclaim.