Run with your carrots!
Illustrated by HANNAH DE FROND
In the town of Datcheton sits a farm which grows the most extraordinary fruit and vegetables. Surrounding the farm is a forest and amongst them a giant oak tree that towers over all of them. At the bottom on the oak tree, there is a burrow and inside this burrow are the animals: Posh moles, agile squirrels, sensible badgers, kind mice, extremely slow rabbits and clever hedgehogs.
One night it is the hedgehogs turn to go and get some food from the farm. But they disturb the farmers and have to make a quick getaway. But do they get away?
Teaching ideas that can be done while using the book
- Maths – Counting book characters and creating number and practical problems using characters.
- English – Character and descriptive writing, acting out parts of the story through hot seating to empathise with characters, develop discussion around a book to help explain ideas clearly, speaking skills to control tone and volume to entice the audience.
- PSHEE – Right and wrong debate, reacting to situations and moral of the story. Being a good citizen.
- Geography – Use in developing basic geographical vocabulary, use setting of story to draw simple maps, land use debate and sustainability.
About Me
My creative imagination has been captured and shaken up by books I have read or from listening to children’s ideas. Who knows what the future has installed but it is exciting.
