It’s a lovely day for walking in the park. Before long the dog is chasing a duck through the mud, and dragging its owner into mud and a pond. The dog is taken home, shakes water all over the car and Dad, and at home gets hosed down in the garden – along with poor Dad!




Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.
Text type – A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
Children can follow the dog’s journey using the story map on pages 14 and 15.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

Illustrated by: Françoise Hall
Series edited by: Cliff Moon
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