The Beach by Alison Hawes, Lisa Smith, Cliff Moon, Collins B... - 9780007185474

HarperCollins Publishers

The BeachBand 02a/Red a\nAuthor(s): Alison Hawes, Lisa Smith, Cliff Moon, Collins Big Cat\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: Collins\nISBN-13: 9780007185474, 978-0007185474\nSynopsis\nA patterned picture book about a family outing to the beach. The children are delighted when they spot seagulls, an ice-cream van, sand and even what they believe to be the sea, but are they at the beach yet? Lisa Smith's illustrations capture the children's excitement as they wait impatiently for their journey to end.\n\nRed A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.\nText type A story with predictable structure and patterned language.\nPages 14 and 15 show a labelled beach scene, incorporating the key words from the text, and providing an opportunity to recount the text.\nThis story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: Shapes on the Seashore by Frances Ridley.\nThis by