Halloween treat

A big shout out to Felicity who made my day today by sending me the most awesome email feedback about one of my new resources for Halloween based on Nick Bland's new picture book, Monster Chef.  You can read about the resource at my blog post here.

Felicity's feedback was so lovely.  She used the resource yesterday with her class and has written:

My kids LOVED reading Monster Chef and today we tried the comprehension cards with the QR codes. 

We used our tablets to scan the answers. 

They were totally engaged! Thankyou so much! 

She even included a photo :)  Thank you so much Felicity - you have made my day!

And, guess what I just found out? There is another picture book with a similar title, "Monster Chefs" also published in 2014...I can feel resource making coming on :)  

Click on the image below to find out more about this title and follow my blog (using the links on the right) for notification when the resource to accompany it is ready:

Have a terrific week everyone!

 

Happy birthday to me and a gift for you :)

To celebrate my birthday today, I am sharing a new picture book with you and giving my followers a copy of my latest resource as a thank you for reading my blog.

I previously blogged about Scaredy Squirrel - you can read that blog post here.  Since then, I have been collecting other squirrel titles and one of my favourites is "Those Darn Squirrels!" by Adam Rubin.

We don't have squirrels in Australia, so I find them fascinating.  This title reminds me a lot of "Creepy Carrots."  You can read my blog post about that title (and pick up a freebie) here.

Those Darn Squirrels is hilarious and great for problem/solution.  You can view a YouTube reading of it here and the book trailer here.

There are some wonderful clips about squirrels on the Help Readers Love Reading blog here - I laughed out loud at the squirrels dancing to Michael Jackson :)  A squirrel flash mob! The squirrel obstacle course is pretty awesome and amazing too!  Impressive!

There's also an information fact sheet with the same title that could be used to pair the narrative with non-fiction. Aileen from  Mrs Miracle's Music Room has also paired the picture book with a song about squirrels.  

Apparently there are three titles in this series (how exciting).  I have only read this first one. Have you read the others?  You can read about the other titles here.  I made up a resource to go with the picture book (click on the preview below or here to find out more).

To celebrate my birthday today, I will send a free copy of this resource to those readers who follow my blog who leave a comment below with their email address.  My birthday was on 18 October, so this freebie offer is only for people who are followers of my blog and only over the next couple of days.

Please follow my blog (using the links in the right hand comment) to accept this giveaway.

Let me know in the comments if you do know the titles in this series and how you have used them :)  I would also like to know more about squirrels - are they considered pests?  Do you have squirrels where you live?  I would love it if you could let me know more about them...

Many thanks

Have a terrific week :)