This book presents Serge Prokofieff's famous musical story about young Peter and the Wolf in the style of a play with four scenes. The cast of characters on page 2 shows how Prokofieff used a different musical instrument to represent each character. With the help of a narrator, the story reveals, how Peter outwits the big bad wolf.




Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.
Text type – A playscript of a traditional tale.
A poster on pages 22 and 23 recaps on elements of Peter's character, around which children can discuss the story.
Curriculum links – Music: Exploring sounds.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Illustrated by: John Bendall-Brunello
Series edited by: Cliff Moon
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