Banana!

Author: Ed Vere

Illustrator: Ed Vere

Publisher: Puffin

COLLECTION

Learning to read

THEMES

Empathy and Kindness Family Feelings Food and Nutrition

YEAR GROUP

Years 3 and 4

BOOK TYPE

Corebooks

Two monkeys argue over a banana and which of them should have it, eventually finding the solution is to share it. The text is totally minimal, consisting only of the words ‘Banana’ and ‘Please’. The humour in this story lies in reading the body language and facial expressions of the protagonists and interpreting the use of punctuation and font style in which the words appear in speech balloons.

See also: Egg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (9781509827480), Macmillan £6.99

Also by Ed Vere:

Mr Big (9780141500607), Puffin £6.99

The Getaway (9780141500584), Puffin £6.99

Max the Brave (9780723286707), Puffin £6.99

Max at Night (9780723299158), Puffin £6.99

Max and Bird (9780241240199), Puffin £6.99

Grumpy Frog (9780141370118), Puffin £6.99

How to Be a Lion (9780141376363), Puffin £6.99

Bedtime for Monsters (9780141502397), Puffin £6.99