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.