Poppy the beetle sings all day, but her singing isn't very popular with the rest of the beetles and they refuse to play with her. When she bumps into Harry the mouse and Jake the snake, though, she finds her singing can be useful after all.

• Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.
• Text type: A story with a familiar setting.
• Curriculum links: Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Have a developing awareness of their own needs, views and feelings, and be sensitive to the needs, views and feelings of others.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.