Christopher Pumpkin

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For my book review I decided to read a book themed for Halloween Christopher pumpkin is a book about a wicked witch who decides she needs minions to help plan the most spookiest Halloween party. Christopher Pumpkin by Paul Linnet and Sue Hendra is a fun book about being different and embracing your unique self. But when the creepy clan starts planning the SCARIEST Halloween party ever, Christopher’s cheerful ideas for décor and treats cause a bit of a stir. But when the creepy clan starts planning the SCARIEST Halloween party ever, Christopher's cheerful ideas for décor and treats cause a bit of a stir.

Their creative brilliance soon led them to come up with a wealth of bestselling, award-winning picture books including Barry the Fish with Fingers, Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell, Supertato, and most recently the Laugh Out Loud Book Award–winning I Need a Wee. While we have had the "being different is okay" story, this one is done a tad differently making it fresh.He has been working as a museum designer for the past 16 years but has always been a storyteller, whether as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters, or as a designer displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. He worked for many years as a museum designer but has always been a storyteller whether, as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters or, as a designer, displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. This is an important message for children to learn as well, that even through everyone is different, our own views and ideas can still lead us to achieving a common goal! Biography: Sue Hendra (Author) Sue Hendra is the author and illustrator of the hugely popular and hilarious Barry the Fish with Fingers and Dave.

Chris just can’t bring himself to hang cobwebs and cook curried slugs – he’s much more into bunting and fairy cakes! Work in some self esteem with your literacy lessons and teach your students to embrace their differences! The illustrations were spot on - the emotions were really well drawn and the color choice was perfect. There are Halloween colors and the details vary from page to page, but can be busy and there is a lot going on to see as well as read. The individual sounds to identify are: mop splashing; broom sweeping; water running; crockery; washing machine; magic wand.The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read. Sue and Paul live in Brighton with their daughter Wanda who inspired Sue’s picture book and TV series Wanda and the Alien. Sue Hendra is the author and illustrator of the hugely popular and hilarious Barry the Fish with Fingers and Dave. The focus for this pack is Fall or Autumn themed and includes the following topics: leaves, apples, pumpkins , Johnny Appleseed, Christopher Columbus, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day, and Fire Safety. He bakes cupcakes instead of stirring gross potions and strums a blue ukulele instead of inducing screams.

Little PumpkinsAll readers include “touch dots” for students to practice tracking print and touching words and strong visual cues to help support students when reading.Absolutely fantastic illustrations and fun rhyming text tell the story of a witch who's throwing a party and wants everything to be perfectly scary. Sue and Paul live with their daughter Wanda in a house in Brighton where Paul likes to fuss about with an old motorbike and still plays the guitar. To help maintain attention, provide a wand, fairy wings, a pumpkin, a fancy shoe, any relevant puppets, soft toys or dolls - eg a girl puppet and use these items (along with pictures) to illustrate the story. If you are familiar with "Notice and Wonder" this is also a great way to spark intererst before diving into the book.

These activities will help you target many common core standards while enjoying read aloud time in your classroom! Nick East is the illustrator of the bestselling TOTO THE NINJA CAT series, written by Dermot O'Leary. The second document provides an ‘Activity Map’ with a variety of activities and tasks you could set your pupils based around the Christopher Pumpkin book.These questions provide a prompt for rich discussion questioning children’s perspectives on the book and what they like or dislike about it. Students will retell the story in the graphic organizer, and piece their cute pumpkin together for display! The other pumpkins didn’t believe it until the day of the party Christopher pumpkin used his own abilities and his personality to decorate the house into everyone surprise it was super scary end it turns out the witch needed Christopher pumpkin more than she knew. The last pumpkin, however, is Christopher – who has very different ideas of what makes a good party.