A tale of two boys and their shiny, sturdy toys from Valerie Wilding for Egmont's green banana series. When Leo comes to play with Ben, disaster strikes. Leo's beloved new digger is broken. Will their friendship survive this setback? And, more importantly, can they mend the digger? 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 2006 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Valerie Wilding has been writing for 20 years and has written many books for all age ranges. She is the author of the Secret Diaries series, publishing April 2006. This is her first Banana. She lives in Alton, Hampshire. Maria Maddocks has illustrated two board books about vehicles for Ladybird previously. This is her first Banana. Sophie Piper is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Maria Maddocks graduated in 1999 and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since. Her visual style is often quirky, and she can create both detailed and bright and simple work. Maria's illustrations are an ensemble of painted, printed and found materials collaged together.