Do You Like To Climb?

Yesterday I read the children’s book called, ‘Up, Up, Down.’

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s an adventurous children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl called Anna that liked to climb.

Inside the house Anna would climb anything, however it always ended badly, as she usually fell.

Although her parents warned her not to climb Anna wouldn’t listen.

Then one day she decided to go outside where she found a huge tree, this excited Anna very much.

Now climbing a tree of any size is not a good idea, because if you fall, you’ll really going to hurt yourself.

So, did Anna take heed of her parent’s warnings, or will her addiction to climbing be too strong?

What do you think?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.  

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

How To Wear A Paper Bag

Yesterday I read the children’s book called, ‘The Paper Bag Princess.’

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the story of a princess named Elizabeth and how she rescued a prince.

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Ronald were to be married, that was until a dragon destroyed the castle and took the prince away.

Princess Elizabeth wanted to find her prince but the dragon had burnt all her clothes and all she could find was a paper bag to wear.

Following the trail of destruction left by the dragon the Princess finds the dragon.

But now, how is she to convince it to release prince Ronald?

What do you think she should do?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think. 

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

Would You Ask A Dinosaur To Dinner?

One morning last week I read the children’s book called, ‘Never ask a Dinosaur to Dinner.’

This children’s book was written by Gareth Edwards and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees.

It’s a delightful children’s rhyming picture book that shares a little boys imaginative account of what happened at his house from dinner time to bedtime.

The story contains a dinosaur, a shark, a beaver, a tiger, a bison and a barn owl.

Most young children I know love stories about dinosaurs and sharks, but don’t really know anything about beavers, tigers, bison’s or barn owls which makes this children’s book an interesting read.

The storylines creative but also educational as each animal’s appearance and instincts are explained in a very simple way for young children to understand.

This is a lovely book to read together especially at bedtime and with Teddy (bear) as he does get a mention.

So, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

About A Hole In The Zoo

One day last week I read the children’s book called, ‘Hole in The Zoo.’

Hole in the Zoo was written by Chloe and Mick Inkpen.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the story of zoo animals that come from the house at Number 2.

With its wonderful storyline it’s a great book to introduce zoo animals to young children.

It’s also great to read together before visiting a zoo so they’d be able to recognize the different animals instantly.

In my opinion this book is a good teaching aid. As not only will they learn the different days of the week, but they’ll also learn about the different types of animals that live in a zoo.

Although there are no numerical numbers to recognize, you could still interact with your child by guessing how many animals have come from the house at Number 2, before counting them together.

So, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for young children very educational.

Remember, reading and learning together is fun.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

How To Trick A Smart Fish

One day last week I read the children’s book called, ‘Give Me Back My Dad.’

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the story of a young girl named Cheryl and her first experience at ice fishing.

When Cheryl and her dad went ice fishing, they didn’t know how their day would turn out.

However, they didn’t expect to be outwitted by a fish which is what happened in this case, for when a huge smart fish caught Cheryl with a candy bar it wouldn’t let her go.

Now that the huge fish had her captive under the ice how was her father going to get her back?

The other problem was that these smart fish liked to trick people with goodies in order to catch them.

So, will her father end up under the ice too or will they go home to a fish supper?

What do you think?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

What Is A Fred?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Fred,’ the other day.  

This children’s book was written by Mick and Chloe Inkpen. 

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a little dog named Fred. 

Fred can sit and stay and catch a ball all day but when his owners call out ‘Fred,’ he doesn’t understand what a Fred is. 

What does it mean? 

What is a Fred? 

He understands sit and stay but not a Fred! 

Will he think it’s another word for play, sit or stay or will he work out that it’s his actual name. 

It’s a wonderful book with an adorable ending that children will love. 

So, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.  

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

A House Made Of Sand

I read the children’s book called, ‘The Sandcastle Contest,’ the other afternoon.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young boy called Matthew and a sandcastle contest.

When Mathew went on a camping trip with his family their first stop just happened to be close to the beach.

Down on the beach he saw many people making statues and castles out of sand for a contest.

Excited he decided to enter.

Personally, I think he only entered to try and win the prize, a bathtub full of ice cream, yummy.

Using all his skills he created a house, a sand house, a house made out of sand.

Wow, how cool is that.

But with the judges believing it to be a real house how will he ever convince them that it’s really made of sand!

To find out what happened next to Matthews sand house, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for young children that encourages imagination and creativity especially when making sand castles.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

What’s Swamp Water?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Swamp Water,’ the other day.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Victoria and a very special lunch.

Victoria’s grandmother wanted to take her somewhere different for a special lunch from their usual eateries, where they neither sold hamburgers, chicken fingers or tacos.

So, when Victoria’s grandmother took her to a fancy restaurant it wasn’t what she’d expected.

When Victoria asked the waiter for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of swamp water, she learns that neither were on the menu.  This didn’t go down too well.

So, what do you think Victoria did next?

Demand a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of swamp water or try something different from the menu?

To find out what Victoria did next, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for young children, it’s amusing with a great ending especially if you like ducks.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

Put Me In A Book

I read the children’s book called, ‘Put Me in a Book.’

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the unusual tale of how a young girl called Hailey ended up in a book.

On a school outing at a park Hailey saw an author writing a book. He appeared to be having a little trouble finishing it.

When Hailey learned that he wanted a kid to feature inside the book, she asked if she could be in the book, so the writer happily picked her up, flattened her and stuck her like a page in the book, then the teacher took her back to school.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t how Hailey wanted to be put in a book, she expected to be written in, not physically put in the book.

Now stuck inside how could she ever escape?

Could her school friends find a way to get her out of the book, or would she remain inside the book forever?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a funny book with a great ending that young children would like.  It encourages imagination and creativity.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

What Not To Pack On Moving Day

I read the children’s book called, ‘Moving Day,’ one day last week.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Danielle and the day she moved.

It was moving day and after hanging about just watching her parents rushing around packing things into boxes, she was told to go and help pack some things too.

Not sure what to pack, her mischievous side came into play and so she decided to pack her brothers and sisters, which is not really a good idea.

And so, after they’d moved into the new house and the boxes were opened that contained her brothers and sisters, she found out how mad they were.

Since moving in they’d been chasing her and when they catch her, she will experience for herself what it’s really like inside a cardboard box.

So, to find out if they succeed in catching her, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for young children they’ll love the storyline.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

How To Catch A Fish

I read the children’s book called, ‘Get Me Another One,’ the other morning.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Mike Boldt.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl called Kristi and her first fishing expedition.

On a first ever fishing trip with her dad and due to unforeseen bad weather conditions, Kristi fell into the ocean.

When her dad lifted her out, he was surprised to see that she’d caught a large fish with her bare hands and when Kristi said she loved fishing, he threw her back into the ocean again to catch a second one, unfortunately this time it was too large to take home.

So, how do you think Kristi’s mum felt when she learned how her daughter caught her first fish?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book or with parental permission or guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great fictional fishing story for young children to read.

Author: Charmain Ingleton 
www.charmainingleton.uk

Ever Lost Boots In Deep Snow?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Deep Snow,’ the other morning.  

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a father and his two daughters that have a snow adventure.

When sisters Ali and Kate get stuck in a snow drift their father tries very hard to get them out. Eventually he manages to pull them out, but then he finds that they’re missing their boots.

Being a good dad, he tries to retrieve the boots, but as he reaches further and further into the hole he unfortunately falls in and finds himself stuck.

Now with their dad stuck in the snow, how will Ali and Kate get him out?

To find out what happened next and if they retrieved their boots, why not read the book or with parental guidance or permission watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children to read as it explains in a simple way how dangerous deep snow can be.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

How To Win A Race?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Ready, Set, Go,’ the other day.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Miranda and how she accidently won a race.

Miranda’s father had entered a race and needed some water to drink before it started, so to help, Miranda went to get a bottle of water for him.

Unfortunately, before she could get back to him the horn was heard which started the race, undeterred Miranda looked for her father chasing after each runner to find out where he was.

She didn’t know it at the time, but she’d beaten all the other runners and won the race.

To find out if Miranda found her father in the end why not read the book, or you could with parental guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children and adults to read for it shows that you’re never too old to run in a race or to accidently win!

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

What’s The Right Type Of Hug?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Hugs.’

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Michael Martchencko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Thea.

After being mad with her mum Thea takes her little brother Tate out for a walk.

But after they’d walked for a while Theas little brother wanted a hug.

But after hugging him he told her that it wasn’t the right type of hug, so she decided to try something different.

So, she introduced him to different types of animals to hug instead.

But will her little brother want to hug a smelly or spikey animal?

Would you?

To find out what happens in the end why not read the book, or you could with parental guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children. It will inspire their imagination and creativity, plus I’m sure you’d get a hug out of it too.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

What To Put In An Enormous Suitcase?

I read the children’s book called, ‘The Enormous Suitcase,’ yesterday.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Kelsey and her enormous suitcase.

Every other week Kelsey stayed with her dad and his cat, and each time Kelsey would take an extra item in her enormous suitcase to remind her of home.

However, when Kelsey’s mum stops her from taking the dog, she finds another unique way of taking it.

Also, there was another issue, the cat!

What do you think happened when the dog saw the cat?

To find out what happened next why not read the book, or you could with parental guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children and adults, it shows consideration amongst separated parents.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

What’s Down Your Drain?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Down The Drain,’ the other morning.

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young boy named Adam that hated having baths.

One day when Adam jumped too high on the trampoline he landed in some ashes, now covered from head to toe, he now had to have a bath.

Unfortunately, left to his own devices Adam got carried away and after putting too much water into the bath it overflowed and filled up the bathroom.

His father tried desperately to persuade him to pull the plug out, but before doing so Adam gave him a list of things that he wanted.

So, what do you think happened next?

Did Adam pull out the plug like his father asked him to do, or did he make further demands?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book, or you could with parental guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children especially after bath time.

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

Have You Ever Had Stripes?

I read the children’s book called, ‘A Bad Case of Stripes.’

This children’s book was written and beautifully illustrated by David Shannon.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Camilla who falls ill on her first day of school, to a bad case of stripes.

The doctors and specialists were all unsure of what had caused the stripes, but then she found that her skin could change colour and show different patterns too.

Then it got worse.

She began to form into other shapes, until finally she’d become unrecognizable.

How would she ever become a little girl again?

To find out what happened next why not read the book, or you could with parental guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children. It inspires imagination and creativity.

Let’s hope that stripes aren’t catching!
Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

Are You Ever Too Old For Braids?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Braids,’ the other day. 

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Dave Whamond.
It’s a delightful witty children’s picture book that tells the tale of a young girl named Ashley.

After her mum took hours to braid her hair, Ashley was sad because she’d missed playing outside with the other kids.

That was up until her grandmother arrived, for as soon as her grandmother saw Ashley’s mother’s hair, she decided to braid it too and then the chase was on.

Ashley’s mother didn’t want her hair braided, for as far as she was concerned, she was an adult now and could leave it messy if she wanted too, but Ashley’s grandmother insisted and began chasing her all over the house.

Did Ashley’s grandmother succeed in catching her daughter and braiding her hair?

To find out what happened next why not read the book, or you could with parental guidance watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

It’s a great book for children and adults to read for it shows that you’re never too old for your mother to braid your hair!

Author: Charmain Ingleton
www.charmainingleton.uk

We Share Everything

I read the children’s book called, ‘We Share Everything.’ 

This children’s book was written by Robert Munsch and is beautifully illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

It’s a delightful children’s picture book that tells the tale of two new students and their sharing experience at kindergarten.

When Amanda and Jeremiah first started kindergarten, they didn’t know what to do.

Then as one child played with a toy, it wasn’t long before the other child demanded it and had a tantrum. Each time this happened, the kindergarten teacher would go over to the pair and tell them in a calm voice;

“At kindergarten, we share everything.”

So, Amanda and Jeremiah begin to share, but not with toys. They shared and exchanged their clothes.

What will the kindergarten teacher say?

Will she be impressed or shocked by Amanda and Jeremiah sharing antics?

To find out what happened next, why not read the book or watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you thought of the book?

Personally, I think it’s a great book, both educational and fun to read that young children would like. It explains sharing in a simplistic way.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk

The Magic Hat

I read the children’s book called ‘The Magic Hat,’ the other morning.

This children’s book was written by Mem Fox and is beautifully illustrated by Tricia Tusa.

It’s a delightful rhyming children’s picture book that tells the tale of a magical hat.

When a magical hat flies into town and lands on various people’s heads. It turns them into animals.

Fortunately, a wizard comes to the rescue, and after turning the animals back into people he then leaves the town taking the magical hat with him.

Phew that was a stroke of luck, we could have been next!

It’s a wonderful book with an incredible rhyming story that’s great for young children.

A fantastic book that inspires creativity.

It’s especially fun when guessing which animal, each person will turn into.

So, why not read the book or watch the story on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think?

Or you could pretend to put on the magic hat, then you could tell me what type of animal you turned into.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk