The Gruffalo's Child

We enjoyed the story of 'The Gruffalo' so much that we couldn't wait to find out what happened in the next book . . .  

In this story, the Gruffalo's Child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse!

The children had fun trying to predict who it was that the Gruffalo's Child might meet next as she followed the trails in the snow - and we looked for clues in the illustrations . . .

"It's the fox - it has whiskers and a tail - orange and white" (Harry R)

We talked about how the Gruffalo's Child might be feeling . . .

"I think the mouse is too big for the little Gruffalo - he's going to scare the Gruffalo and make a big shadow" (Gracie)

Ben G predicted what might happen next . . . 

"I think the mouse is going to make a big shadow with a nut on his shoulder"

Have you read this wonderful story yet? 
Was Ben correct in his prediction?

We enjoyed the story so much that we are going to read it again next week - but this time, with added sound effects - and with a little visitor!

We would love to hear what you thought of the story, let us know!

The Gruffalo

We have been having fun exploring the autumnal changes in and around our school trees.  

This wonderful story by Julia Donaldson was the ideal choice for our next book!

Lots of the children recognised it and several joined in with 'A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?' 'A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know?'

Rory told us "I like the Gruffalo's claws"

Sam said "The Gruffalo's big"

Logan added "He's got big eyes" and Ella-Grace said "He's got big teeth"

Isla told us "The mouse was small"

We also met a fox, an owl and a snake!

Have a read of this great story and let us know who your favourite character was - we would love to hear from you!

Room on the Broom

Some of the children have been telling us about their Halloween adventures, so we thought this would be a good story to choose next from Julia Donaldson . . .  

The witch had a cat
and a very tall hat,
And long ginger hair
which she wore in a plait.
How the cat purred
and how the witch grinned,
As they sat on their broomstick
and flew through the wind.

This was a lovely rhyming story!

Jenson told us "I liked the cat, it was looking for the hat"

Arlo said "The bit I loved is the dragon breathing fire at the witch"

Jasper agreed - "I liked the dragon cause he was going to eat the witch"

Have a read of the story and find out what happens!

 

We would love to hear if you celebrated Halloween - post us a comment and let us know! 

Rabbit's Nap

We have been talking about rabbits a lot recently - so we thought this might be a good book to share with 

the children . . .

It was lots of fun lifting the flaps to find out who was keeping Rabbit awake!

When we talked to the children about their favourite part, Mila told us "The mice, because they were hiding"

JJ agreed - "I liked the mice because the rabbit 

couldn't see them"

Zak told us "I liked the rabbit because the rabbit 

opened the gate"

And Ben F said "I liked Tortoise riding on his bike"

Builder Bear and Fox also manage to keep Rabbit from her sleep - read the story and see what happens at the end!

We would love to hear from you - let us know which character was your favourite.

The Rhyming Rabbit

The children have been having lots of fun pretending to be rabbits looking for some lovely carrots to eat this week - and so this next Julia Donaldson book seemed to be the obvious choice!

The Rhyming Rabbit has a talent for making up poems - and through the story we join him as meets some of the characters that inspire his poetry!

Skylar recognised the book - she told us that her Nanny Di had it at her house!

Towards the end of the story, Rhyming Rabbit meets a woolly sheep - she makes up poems all the time too!

Eve liked both the Rabbit and the sheep because they were friends.

After we had finished the book, William told us "Me liked bunnies!"

We hope you like this book too - perhaps you could have a go at making up your own poem, just like Rhyming Rabbit - we would love to hear it if you do!

The Scarecrow's Wedding

The children have been enjoying participating in the action rhyme 'Dingle Dangle Scarecrow' so we thought we would introduce them to this next Julia Donaldson book . . .

The story is about Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay - they are hoping to have the best wedding ever, the best wedding yet, the wedding that no one will ever forget.

But what will happen when Reginald Rake arrives - will he spoil their special day?

Part way through the story, Betty is in danger as flames flicker higher . . . but don't worry, her true love appears and puts out the fire!

JJ told us "I liked that man who put out the fire"

Harry R also liked this part of the story - "The man put it out with a bucket"

We hope you enjoy reading this book and finding out what else happens in the story - Flynn told us afterwards - "They had a party!"

Have you been to a wedding? We would love to hear all about it - post us a comment and let us know.

Superworm

As we have been exploring ways to use different parts of our body -  such as our head or shoulder to balance a bean bag on, our feet to kick a ball, and our hands to throw, catch or roll a ball - we thought this next book by Julia Donaldson would be a good choice . . .

Meet the wriggliest, squiggliest superhero in the world!

We had lots of fun joining in with the rhyme about Superworm, and finding out about all of the wonderful things that he can do with his body to help out his friends.

When Wizard Lizard tells Superworm to find him some treasure in the soil, Thomas predicted that Superworm would "Dive under the mud" and then "He will come back wriggling!"

Looking at the illustration of the spider weaving a web, Mila told us "It looks like a net that catches someone!"

We won't spoil the story by telling you here what happened, but Ben G told us "I liked the bit when it was at the end when he was a swing - cause some people went on it"

Have a read of the book yourself - we would love to hear what you think and if you have a favourite part.

Let us know!