Nick Butterworth's well known and much loved character Percy the Park Keeper stars in this beautifully told story for early readers. Percy tries to persuade a reluctant Badger to take a bath. Badger doesn't want to, so Percy takes a bath instead - only to find he has some unexpected comapany when Ba...

Nick Butterworth's well known and much loved character Percy the Park Keeper stars in this beautifully told story for early readers. Percy tries to persuade a reluctant Badger to take a bath. Badger doesn't want to, so Percy takes a bath instead - only to find he has some unexpected comapany when Badger falls in the water with him!

Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.

• Text type - A story with a familiar setting.

• A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provides children with the opportunity to retell the story in their own words.

• Curriculum links - Geography: our local area; Citizenship: animals and us.

• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.