Ant & Snail decide to have a race. Ant speeds off & is soon in the lead but when Ant trips over & fall in a pit he is glad when Snail arrives to help him. This story is illustrated in bright 3D colour by Jon Stuart. * Red / Band 2A
- A simple traditional story * Text type
- Fiction * The focus phonemes for this book are ai f n & r. Other phonemes practised are s a ta i p c/k e o d g u h. * Children can follow & discuss the route taken by Ant & Snail using the map on the final spread. * Paul Shipton also wrote Yellow 3 Bart the Shark & The Sun & The Moon.