Do you know how to turn a small, fat thing into a long, thin thing? It's easy - just take a bean and grow a beanstalk! This simple instruction text shows you exacly how to do it.

- Blue / Band 4 - A simple instruction text

- Text type - Non-fiction

- The focus phonemes in this book are ur (curl), al and ow (how).

- The flow chart on the final spread gives children the chance to recap and discuss the different stages of the process.

- Janice Vale also wrote Yellow 3 Rock Out.