Nick Butterworth’s well known and much loved character Percy the Park Keeper stars in this beautifully told story for early readers. Percy tries to persuade a reluctant Badger to take a bath. Badger doesn’t want to, so Percy takes a bath instead – only to find he has some unexpected comapany when Badger falls in the water with him! Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns withsequential events and integrated literary andnatural language. Text type – A story with a familiar setting. A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provides children with the opportunity to retell the story in their own words. Curriculum links – Geography: our local area; Citizenship: animals and us. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.