The Big Turnip: Band 00/Lilac

By Monica Hughes

An old man tugs on a giant turnip, but cannot move it at all. With help from the old lady, the boy and girl, and a whole host of other characters, will he able to pull it out of the ground?
The structure of this wordless text shows how a story is built up through a series of events.

- Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.

- Text type - Fiction, a wordless traditional story.

- A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 shows the sequence of events in six numbered stages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007186444
• ISBN13: 9780007186440
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten