Let's get creative and have fun! Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material and follow this simple instruction text to make your own cool frog or snake hand puppet. Photographically illustrated the lively, colourful images show each stage and each instruction clearly for children to follow.

• Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
• Text type: A simple instruction text.
• Photographs of each instruction on pages 14-15 help children to recap each instruction.
• Curriculum links: Creative Development

Jillian Powell began writing with a big paper pad and coloured crayons when she was four. When she grew up, she started writing short stories and features for magazines and then began working on books for children. She has written over 250 books including picture books and rhyming stories on ghosts, pirates, scarecrows and a dancing hippo. She also writes information books on every kind of subject from food and festivals to baby animals.