This non-fiction book takes us on a trip with a little girl and her dad as they go for a journey on the big, red bus. Red / Band 2A – A simple recount Text type – Non-fiction The focus phonemes in this book are b, g and t. Other phonemes practised are s, a, i, p, n, c/k, e, o, r, d, u and l. The final spread shows a story map which gives children the opportunity to recap the text. Alison Hawes also wrote Red 2A Pet Cat, Big Cat; Red 2B Thick and Thin and Pond Dipping This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.