Do you know how to turn a small, fat thing into a long, thin thing? It’s easy – just take a bean and grow a beanstalk! This simple instruction text shows you exacly how to do it.




Blue / Band 4 – A simple instruction text
Text type – Non-fiction
The focus phonemes in this book are ur (curl), al and ow (how).
The flow chart on the final spread gives children the chance to recap and discuss the different stages of the process.
Janice Vale also wrote Yellow 3 Rock Out.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Illustrated by: Kelly Waldek
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