Books with title The Picnic Boat

Cambridge Reading Big Books provide texts in a size that is big enough for the teacher to give large groups of children a shared experience of the same text and to demonstrate early reading skills and strategies. They are ideal for implementation of the Literacy Hour. This is a Big Book version of the popular Beginning to Read phase title The Picnic. Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Mr. Pig wants to look his best when he asks Miss Pig to join him for a picnic. So he takes the advice of his friends Lion, Fox, and Zebra, and borrows something special from each of them. Mr. Pig thinks he looks pretty handsome-but what will Miss Pig say? This hilarious tale will have readers laughing aloud while it imparts a gentle message about being happy with who you are. "Children will love the perky porcine star of this cheery tale." (School Library Journal)

This simple picture book with a familiar theme, looks at the different thigns that a family take on a picnic; the rug, the basket, the sandwiches, the cakes and the drinks. The scene is set for a perfect picnic, until the wasps arrive!• Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.• Text type - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language• A labelled illustration on pages 14 and 15 gives children the chance to recount and discuss the story.• This story is paired with an information book with a similar theme: Minibeasts by Siobhan Hardy.