by Rebecca Patterson (Jonathan Cape)
A laugh-out-loud book and I have to admit that we have read this many, many times after Charlotte has had a big shouting day of her own. Fabulous to read aloud (we loved reading this to a group of children at a bookstore reading once).
by Levi Pinfold (Templar)
Again a slightly dark tale, and a story of bravery. The big gigantic menacing dog grows smaller as the tiniest member of the family bravely leads it on a merry chase. Pinfold’s art in this is just utterly glorious.
by Helen Cooper (Corgi)
My daughter Charlotte loves the darker stuff and when I first read this to her, she actually didn’t like it at all as she found it too scary and disturbing. But of course the more we read it, the more she loved it and now it’s a firm favourite. The Bear isn’t really a horrid chap, he’s awesome!
by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Nick Sharratt (David Fickling)
This was one of the first books we bought for Charlotte, and we couldn’t resist More Pants either. Brilliant rhyming sing-along read-aloud fun with more than a bit of cheek! We love it!
by CS Lewis (HarperCollins)
Charlotte is currently reading through C.S Lewis’ entire Chronicles of Narnia but The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is still her favourite. She loves Lucy and Lucy is the brave mighty girl star of this one, long before mighty girl books were even dreamed of.
by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)
For me, the pinnacle of the Harry Potter series. A beautifully crafted plot that convinced me of JK Rowling’s pure genius.
by Roald Dahl (Puffin)
If I had to choose my favourite children’s book character, I’d pick Matilda without a moment’s hesitation. A book I’ll never tire of reading and the one children’s book I’d take to a desert island.
by EB White (Puffin)
A classic tale of love, loyalty and friendship.
by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
One of those books that stopped me in my tracks because it was so wonderfully different and original. The Day the Crayons Quit is hilarious and charming – don’t miss it!
by Lauren Child (Orchard)
Lauren Child has that rare skill of being able to create something brilliant out of the banal. Featuring characters familiar to most families, the Beans are The Royle Family of children’s books.
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‘Be quiet!’ said Badger. ‘Keep it down!’ grumbled Hedgehog. ‘Stop banging!’ pleaded Owl. Poor Rabbit, it seemed that no-one appreciated his drumming. But when trouble
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Use these words from the story to practise the tricky spellings from A Thumping Great Rabbit.
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Our closing thought helps us think about how noise affects us and lets us consider where we can go to escape from the hustle and
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Use the map on your whiteboard to help children visualise the key events in A Thumping Great Rabbit.
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Learn about children's book illustrator Emma Chichester Clark and find exciting ways to use traditional tales to look at sentence construction.
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Poems for learning by heart, poems for performance but, best of all, poems to inspire.
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Use this planner as a scaffold to help create your own story using the same structure as A Thumping Great Rabbit.
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In some cultures foxes are often depicted as symbols of deceit and cunning. Why do the children think that foxes are thought of in this way?
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Use our editable playscript in drama activities or for a full-scale production.
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Use these planning resource sheets to help keep your class’s film productions on track.
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Cut out the caterpillar cards and place a piece of double-sided sticky tape across each caterpillar. Ask the children to sticky tiny samples of woodland
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For centuries people have been using woodland plants to decorate their homes at Christmas time. Find out why with this resource that accompanies our ‘Deck the
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Use The Christmas Elf as a festive story starter or see how many woodland creatures children can spy in this adorable poster (©StoryWorld – illustrated by Tomislav Tomic.).
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Arm your class with magnifying glasses, notebooks, cameras and viewing jars and head out and about with these sheets to find out if your local
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Choose a tree, head out with pencils, crayons and a measuring tape and fill in the boxes to create a record of it.
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Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this A Thumping Great Rabbit themed certificate.
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Our downloadable woodland animal fact cards teach us about foxes, hedgehogs, rabbits and deers and will help start children off on their voyage of discovery
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Our downloadable woodland animal fact card templates make great class displays and are perfect for children to use when presenting their findings to the class.
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Our woodland animal fact cards are ready for children to add their own pictures of four of our favourite characters from A Thumping Great Rabbit.
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Our woodland animal fact cards are ready for children to add their own facts for four of our favourite characters from A Thumping Great Rabbit.
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Bel Deering takes us through some useful minibeast basics – very useful for when you are out and about on your bug hunt.
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Our image-only ‘Storytelling prompts’ for A thumping great rabbit are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.
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Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ with keyword phrases are the perfect accompaniment to your A Thumping Great Rabbit storytelling lessons.
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Our keyword ‘Storytelling prompts’ for A thumping great rabbit are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.
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Give your local trees a clean bill of health with these official-looking, class-issued 'Clean bill of health' certificates.
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Use these data sheets with the woodland animal shapes resource.
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Use these outlines of the woodland animal characters in A Thumping Great Rabbit to work out water rationing.
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