Percy and the Badger: Blue/Band 4 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780007185856)

Nick Butterworth's well known and much loved character Percy the Park Keeper stars in this beautifully told story for early readers. Percy tries to persuade a reluctant Badger to take a bath. Badger doesn't want to, so Percy takes a bath instead - only to find he has some unexpected comapany when Badger falls in the water with him!

- Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with
sequential events and integrated literary and
natural language.

- Text type - A story with a familiar setting.

- A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provides children with the opportunity to retell the story in their own words.

- Curriculum links - Geography: our local area; Citizenship: animals and us.