Collins Big Cat Blue Band 4: The Mermaid and the Octopus

Publisher:   Collins
Series:         Big Cat
Author:        Julia Donaldson/ Illustrated by Anni Axworthy
ISBN:           9780007186846
Format:        Paperback     Pages: 16
Age:              Primary
Book Band: Blue (Band 4)

Text type:    Fiction (A fantasy story)

Curriculum links: Art: Mother nature, designer; Citizenship: Choices

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

• The illustrations on pages 14 and 15 allow children to retell the story in their own words.

This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Read the fantasy story by Julia Donaldson about a mermaid and a greedy octopus, filled with colourful illustrations.