Car Shopping Book Level 3-5

Car Shopping follows a lively family excursion to the car yard where different vehicle options are considered before a final choice is made. With humour sprinkled throughout the illustrations, this engaging text appeals to early readers exploring everyday activities. The strong picture-text match and consistent sentence patterns support decoding and fluency, while the illustrations extend the story beyond the words. Students are encouraged to use prediction skills and summarise key events. The book also offers opportunities to study word endings, initial consonants, and vocabulary contrasts such as opposites and colour words. The dynamic between the family members is visible in the expressive illustrations, with speech and feelings clearly shown. Car Shopping provides a familiar context for young readers to develop observational and language skills while reinforcing their understanding of narrative structure and family decision-making.

Educational Benefits:

• Supports early comprehension strategies including predicting and summarising.
• Strengthens phonological awareness with blends, digraphs, and high-frequency words.
• Builds vocabulary related to opposites and descriptive language.
• Reinforces syntax awareness with contractions and punctuation.

Classroom Ideas:

• Have students design and label their own dream car.
• Act out scenes using toy cars and dialogue from the book.
• Explore descriptive language by comparing car features.
• Discuss family roles in decision-making processes.

Safety & Information:

• Ages: 5+
• Size: 150mm x 210mm
• Safety: No small parts; ideal for group reading and shared discussions.