Red and yellow make orange, blue and yellow make green, but what do three polar bears, lots of fun, and three pots of paint make? A mess! This is a delightful book on colour, illustrated by Smarties Book Award winner Liz Pichon.

• Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.
• Text type – A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
• Pages 14-15 provide a summary of the different colour mixes, to consolidate understanding of the book.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

I'm 38 and live in South West London with my husband, James, 8 year old daughter, Mackey, and two cats Barnaby and Basil. As well as writing children's stories, I edit other people's and teach piano and flute to all sorts of individuals. Quite a long time ago I was in the British Sailing Team and windsurfed all over the world. When I was too tired to carry on, I worked editing feature films for 8 years until Mackey was born, when I realised that what I really wanted to do was write stories!