Genre: Modern realistic story with a familiar setting, variable language pattern and dialogue.

Learning Objectives:

Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read more challenging texts which can be decoded using their acquired phonic knowledge and skills, along with automatic recognition of high frequency words.

Language Comprehension

Strand 8: Visualise and comment on events, characters and ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences.

This book is part of a book series called Rigby Star .

There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Pearson Education Limited .

Paul Shipton is an award-winning children's author. He published his first children's book in 1991, (Zargon Zoo). He lives and works in Wisconsin, USA.