Collins Big Cat Read at Home is a series of stories by top children's authors and illustrators that children will love to read. Built-in progression within and between each level help you choose the right story to develop your child's confidence as they become independent readers. Extra activities will motivate and entertain your child.

In the story In the Garden, two boys turn a day out in the garden into an interesting adventure!

* Read the story In the Garden
* Re-tell the story using mini picture prompts
* Complete a variety of interesting activities
* Make a fun theme-based project
* Get helpful tips on reading together

The First steps level offers beginner readers very simple stories with repeated phrases that are clearly supported by illustrations. There are four fun books at this level.

This book features in the following series: Collins Big Cat Read At Home, First Step .

. 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 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Mitch Cronick has written several fiction and non-fiction books for children and is a literacy consultant.