Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. The garden changes with every season of the year. New surprises, new shoots, and new jobs for the gardener.

-Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.

- Text type--an information book.

- At the end of the book is a useful checklist of gardeners' jobs in each season, which can be used for oral recap or to support children's writing outside the reading session.

- Curriculum links--science: "Pupils should be taught to observe changes across the four seasons."