Press Play: Red Banana (Banana Books)

by Anne Fine (Author), Anne Fine (Author), Joelle Dreidemy (Illustrator), Anne Fine (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  2006

  $3.25

  An entertaining story from former children's laureate Anne Fine for Egmont's red banana series. Nicky, Tasha and Joe's mum leaves for work early one day and she leaves instructions for them on a cassette-player - all they have to do is press play! Nicky and Tasha must get themselves ready for school and get baby Joe ready for playgroup without waking Dad! They have to get dressed, make porridge for breakfast and find Joe's toy rabbit. Then they have to creep into Dad's bedroom and set the alarm clock for him. But it is very hard to get ready quietly, especially when your baby brother is crying for his toy rabbit! Red bananas are chapter books for newly fluent readers, suitable for NC Level 3 readers. They are carefully designed illustrated books for both entertainment and education, supporting children's understanding of how to read longer books. Red bananas introduce similes and wordplay to encourage an understanding of more literary concepts.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  Nicky and Tasha wake up, but instead of their mum being with them, there's just a tape recorder on the floor, with a note saying, 'Press Play.' Mum's thought of everything: Tasha needs to wear a jumper (and not that thin shirt she'll get cold in), Little Joe needs his porridge, his lunchbox and constant companion Wabbit, the alarm clock needs to be reset and placed silently beside their sleeping father for when he needs to get up, and then there are all the final checks before they go - is the oven off? Is the cat out? Are the milk bottles on the doorstep? Have they got their school books? When Nicky and Tasha have done everything, they get out of the house saying, as their mother says at that moment each morning, 'Phew!'.