A humorous story with simple, repetitive text about two little monsters painting spots, stripes, squares, zigzags and triangles. But what are they painting? Finally the reader discovers that the little monsters have actually been painting the shapes on their sleeping mum!




Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.
Text type – A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
Pages 14 and 15 feature the fully painted mum-monster, with smaller pictures of the little monsters to remind children of the shapes painted.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Illustrated by: Olivia Villet
Series edited by: Cliff Moon
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