Description
An old man has grown a gigantic turnip – but he is struggling to pull it out of the ground, even when he is helped by a woman, a girl, a dog and a cat. Who will make all the difference? Find out in this beautiful wordless book that retells a traditional Russian fable
Part of Reading Stars Phonics – our structured programme of fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government’s Letters and Sounds programme – The Gigantic Turnip is a Phase 1 book (or a Lilac Band reader, following book bands for guided reading).
With inside cover notes containing guidance for adults in sharing the book with children, it is designed to support the first stage of teaching children to read, helping to:
tune them into sounds (helping develop their auditory discrimination skills)
develop their speaking and listening skills, especially vocabulary and language comprehension
develop an early understanding of narrative structures
teach how books work (front cover, reading left to right, front to back, etc.)
As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:
For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.
For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.
