Doing the Animal Bop

We have enjoyed sharing so many great stories by Mick Inkpen  and will continue to do so. 

We are however, now going to focus on a collection of books by Jan Ormerod and Lindsey Gardiner.

We thought this would be a great one to start with as we have been thinking about different animals in the jungle!

'If you like to dance and you sometimes sing, why don't you do the animal thing?'

Isabella told us "I liked the penguins because they were black and white"

Oliver BH said "I liked the snake because he was slithering along the tree branch"

But Millie had a different favourite - "The duck - because he wiggled his bottom!"

Take a look at the book and let us know which animal was your favourite! 

In Wibbly's Garden

Having been for a walk in the school grounds to look for signs of Spring, we chose this story as our next Mick Inkpen book.

"It's got a ladybird on it like we saw!" (Mia)

"And there's a giant in this story, and that's the funny one" (Eli)

The children enjoyed helping to lift the flaps as we went through the story. When we had finished the book, we asked the children what they thought might happen next . . . 

"Wibbly Pig might go to the beach and play in the water and after he played in the water he might get an ice cream" (Colette)

"He might go to his house and play" (Isabelle)

"I liked Wibbly Pig cause he was little" (Cherry)

We hope you enjoy the book as much as we did - what do you think might happen on Wibbly's next adventure?

Let us know!

Wibbly Pig has 10 Balloons

We have been thinking a lot about different colours recently - and in this story, Wibbly Pig has some lovely coloured balloons!

As well as different colours, there were different shaped balloons - the teddy bear balloon was Wibbly's favourite and when we were talking about the story afterwards, Sam said that he liked the teddy one too!

Lots of Wibbly Pig's friends come to see him, and they all want a balloon - Big Pig's sister wants one too - she grabs the strings from Wibbly, takes the pink balloon with the bow, and lets the others go!

Grace told us "I liked the sister pig when she let the balloons go!"

Poor Wibbly Pig! 
Megan said "He's sad because he hasn't got no balloons left"

We won't tell you what happens next as we don't want to spoil the story for you - but there might be a happy ending after all!

Post us a comment and let us know which would have been your favourite balloon!

Billy's Beetle

Billy had lost his beetle. Who will be the one to find it?

As we had been talking about different animals on Noah's Ark this week, we thought this would be a great story as our next book from our focus author - Mick Inkpen.

There was lots of help to try and find Billy's beetle - including a girl, a man with a sniffy dog, a hedgehog, a woman without sausages, a polar bear, an oompah band and an elephant! 

At last the beetle was found - but then Billy was missing!

We asked the children where they thought he might be . . .

Sienna - "At home with his toys"

Oliver L - "He might be at the playground playing on his own"

We won't tell you where he was so that we don't spoil the story for you - but here are a few of the children's thoughts when we had finished the book . . . 

Joe - "Me saw an elephant, me liked it 

cause he was in the book"

Zoe - "I liked the hedgehog cause he's sweet"

William - "I liked that they found the little boy's beetle"

We hope you enjoy the story too. 

Let us know about your favourite part! 

Kipper's Birthday

We have been finding out about Mardi Gras and some of the celebrations involved, so this next Mick Inkpen book seemed the ideal choice for our next story as we thought about other celebrations that people have . . . 

Kipper was going to have a birthday party, but there was some confusion with the invitations over which day it was 
to be held on!

Kipper decorated the room with balloons.

Ebony - "I liked the balloons - the red one"

As he sat and waited for his friends to arrive, Kipper started to feel hungry and began eating his cake!

Oliver BH - "I liked it when Kipper ate all of the cake"

When his friends finally arrived, Kipper opened his presents - and they had got him a wonderful birthday cake with candles!

Jaydn - "I liked it when Kipper had a new cake"

Wanda - "I liked the cake because of the spots"

Kipper had a great birthday in the end - what did you do to celebrate your last birthday?

We would love to hear from you - post us a comment 
and let us know.

Lullabyhullaballoo!

The sun is down.

The moon is up.

It is bedtime for the Little Princess.

But outside the castle . . . 

Last week we had come across the Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk when we were reading 'Who's been eating my porridge?' (Nick Ward). This led us to talking about the castle where he lived, so we thought the children might enjoy this story as our next book from our Mick Inkpen collection!

Everyone was soon joining in with the 'SSSH!' on each page as the different characters were making so much noise they were keeping the Princess awake.

Here are just a few of the children's comments 
following the story:

Mia - "I like the Princess cause she is beautiful"

Alfie - "I liked it when the dragon was breathing fire"

Aisha - "My favourite part was the ghosts because they 
were making a noise" 

Willow - "I liked the giant. I liked him when he took 
his boots off"

Have a read of the story and let us know what your 
favourite part was! 
We'd love to hear from you. 

Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear

As we have been finding out about the Three Bears in the story of Goldilocks, we thought this would be a great book to share next as part of our Mick Inkpen collection!

Isabel C - "I liked the bear - it couldn't eat with a spoon!"

Iris - "I liked it when the bear was blowing the bubbles - he was trying to catch them"

We all thought Wibbly Pig might be sad when his bear had gone - "He might find another friend!" (Erin P)

Have you got a favourite bear? We would love to hear all about them - post us a comment and let us know!