Would you like to find out who inspired the famous children's book character, Percy the Park Keeper? The author and illustrator who created him, Nick Butterworth, invites us into his home to show us how he works, from the first spark of an idea to the published book. * Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters. * Text type - A non-fiction recount. * Pages 14-15 show three stages of Nick drafting an illustration of Percy, ideal for exploring ideas, preparation and editing/planning within children's own work. * Curriculum links - Art and design: Building shapes and patterns, an event in pictorial form. * This fascinating non-fiction book can be read alongside Nick's other titles for Collins Big Cat, Percy and the Rabbit, and Percy and the Badger.
Percy the Park Keeper goes on a rescue mission wtih his animal friends in this engaging story from highly-regarded, best-selling author-illustrator Nick Butterworth. Includes a surprise fold-out page Percy the park keeper is having a day off. It is a perfect day for doing nothing. But Percy s peaceful picnic is disturbed when a little rabbit meets with a nasty tumble into an old well. All the animals gather together with a huge rope to help pull the rabbit out. But all they tug from the well is the branch of a tree. But the rabbit has already found her own way out through an passage under the ground and she s at the end of the line with the other animals lending a hand
Bear Hugs is a new range of picture books for pre-school children. They feature a bright, bold and friendly look. This text focuses on the many ways in which a mum is fantastic.
When Percy the park keeper trims the hedges of the maze garden, he marks the path with string so that he can find his way out, but he fails to anticipate the squirrel's "helpfulness.
A joyous, charmingly illustrated celebration of fathers everywhere. This Dad is, quite simply, brilliant He's as strong as a gorilla, fantastic on roller skates, and can sing like a pop star And not only all that, but he's a dab hand at cooking too Find out what else he can do in this colourful book that positively bursts over with appreciation for Pa's.... everyone's Dad is brilliant at something
The grandpa in this book is truly brilliant. He builds fantastic sandcastles, he makes wonderful flower arrangements, and he's very, very, very patient. He's got an amazing bike, he's a terrific dancer and he knows all about first aid ... in fact there's very little this astounding grandpa can't do. The book ends, "It's great to have a grandpa like mine. He's amazing!" And no one can argue with that!
A wonderful magic land where rainbow birds have pekety beaks and even the warthogs are beautiful. But one day, the peace is shattered when a mouse hears the deafening thud of a monster.
Percy the park keeper helps his friends the animals, find a new home after a storm blows down their large oak tree. Includes a poster of the new tree-house.
A Workbook enabling children to practise the language points presented in the Reader. These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practice and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises. Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children's writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.
It's time to go for a picnic, but where are all the toys hiding? Lifting the flap on each page reveals the friends, George, Whitey, Croc, Wilson and Millie, one-by-one, except for Hippo who keeps a surprise in store right until the very end.
Nick Butterworth's well known and much loved character Percy the Park Keeper stars in this beautifully told story for early readers. When Percy's cap, scarf and gloves go missing, they end up being used by some mischevious mice to decorate a snowman! * Yellow/ Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language. * Text type - A story with a familiar setting. * A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provide children with an opportunity to retell the story in their own words. * Curriculum links - Geography: our local area; citizenship: animals and us. * This story is one of three books by Nick Butterworth in the Collins Big Cat reading programme.
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