This patterned picture story follows Ben on his trip to the park. The text describes the park visit, while the illustrations delve into Ben's imagination and reveal the adventures of `Super Ben.' He encounters a shark in the duck pond, a spaceship roundabout and puddles containing monsters!

* Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.

* Text type - A patterned story with predictable structure.

* The labelled story map on pages 14 and 15 incorporates interest words from the text and some of Super Ben's encounters encouraging children to follow Ben's adventures once more.

* This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.