Trees are plants, frogs are animals. What are cats, sunflowers and people? What do they need to live? Plants and Animals is reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 85-word non-fiction book is suitable for ages 4 - 5. Plants nd Animals features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary. It features short, predictable texts with natural language. It has larger print, appropriate fonts and clear spacing. Plants and Animals is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book bands (Pink through to Lime).