The Mermaid and the Octopus

Read the fantasy story by Julia Donaldson about a mermaid and a greedy octopus, filled with colourful illustrations.Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.Text type - A fantasy story.The illustrations on pages 14 and 15 allow children to retell the story in their own words.Curriculum links - Art: Mother nature, designer; Citizenship: ChoicesThis book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.