Kim Wilde

Collins' celebrity gardening author demonstrates with her son, Harry, how to make a garden, step-by-step, in an old wheelbarrow. The book has instructions and wonderful photographs demonstrating the steps involved in making a garden. Blue/ Band 4 non-fiction books use children’s language patterns to give information which is supported by the illustrations and design.Text types – An instruction text.The photographs on pages 14 and 15 allows children to recap and discuss the text.Curriculum links – Science: growing plants.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

This wordless instruction text by celebrity gardener Kim Wilde combines photographs and illustrations to show how a scarecrow is made using recycled materials. Each step of the construction process is clearly depicted, in sequence, concluding with a photograph of the finished model. Lilac/Band 0 – wordless book that gives information through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how information books work.Text type – Wordless instruction text.The process is summarised in a flow diagram on pages 14 and 15 to give children the opportunity to recap the information.