Collins Big Cat Phonics — THE MOUSE AND THE MONSTER: Band 02B/Red B ISBN: 9780007235896

When a wee mouse meets a big, hungry monster on the road, he needs to think fast. This is a lively retelling of a traditional story by Martin Waddell. • Red / Band 2B – A traditional story • Text type – Fiction • The focus phonemes in this book are sh, er, oa and ng. Other phonemes practised are ou (ground), th (this), th (thin), ee, w, oo (look), ie (lie) and ch. • Children can compare and contrast the two main characters using the character summaries on the final spread. • Martin Waddell also wrote Yellow 3 Horse Up a Tree and Blue 4 The Small Bun. • This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.