Genre: Traditional fantasy story

Learning Objectives:

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Give some reasons why things happen or characters change.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 9: Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing purposes (e.g. sign-writing).

This book is part of a book series called International Rigby Star-Audio Big .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. 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 2009 by Pearson Education Limited .

Linda Strachan used to be a librarian and is a published children's author. This is her first picture book for Bloomsbury. Linda lives in East Lothian, Scotland. David Wojtowycz is a talented illustrator. He is well-known for the PURPLE RONNIE cards - and also for his bestselling picture books, which include RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE and COMMOTION IN THE OCEAN. He has also illustrated ONCE UPON AN ANIMAL and TEACHER ALLIGATOR, poetry collections by Faustin Charles, for Bloomsbury. David lives in London.