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An old man tugs on a giant turnip, but cannot move it at all. With help from the old lady, the boy and girl, and a whole host of other characters, will he able to pull it out of the ground?The structure of this wordless text shows how a story is built up through a series of events.Lilac/Band 0 wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.Text type Fiction, a wordless traditional story.A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 shows the sequence of events in six numbered stages.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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The Big Turnip

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    A Paperback / softback by Monica Hughes, Lisa Williams, Cliff Moon

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 4 January 2006
      ISBN-13 9780007186440
      978-0007186440
      ISBN-10 0007186444

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An old man tugs on a giant turnip, but cannot move it at all. With help from the old lady, the boy and girl, and a whole host of other characters, will he able to pull it out of the ground?The structure of this wordless text shows how a story is built up through a series of events.Lilac/Band 0 wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.Text type Fiction, a wordless traditional story.A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 shows the sequence of events in six numbered stages.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

      Trade Review

      “This book is wonderful.” – Anonymous

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