The Big Turnip: Band 00/Lilac (Collins Big Cat)
- ISBN10: 0007186444
 - ISBN13: 9780007186440
 - Author: Monica Hughes
 - Illustrator: Lisa Williams
 - Format: Paperback / softback
 - Published: 04/01/2006
 
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.
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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.
 - This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.