It Was a Cold Dark Night

Ned the hedgehog is looking for a home in the cold, dark forest. He needs somewhere warm and cosy to sleep, but all he keeps finding are other creatures' homes: rabbits', foxes', owls', bats'. Will he ever find a snug safe bed of his own? This beautiful book is written and illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Tim Hopgood.

• Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language
• Text type: A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
• A map of the forest on pages 14-15 shows Ned's journey and all the animals he encounters along the way.
• Curriculum links: Knowledge and understanding of the World
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.