The Mouse and the Monster

• 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.