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Stick Man (2008)

by Julia Donaldson(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1407106171 (ISBN13: 9781407106175)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Alison Green Books

review 1: This is a beautifully illustrated book about the adventures of Stick Man. Stick Man is faced with dangerous encounters as he tries to get home to his family tree. He is used by a dog to play fetch, used as an arm for a snowman and even ends up in a fireplace! This story is filled with fantastic use of rhyme and repetition to engage the reader and also enables children to join in and read repeated phrases. This story is ideal for children in both EYFS and KS1.
review 2: Stick Man Stick man is never given credit for being anything other than a standard stick, used for throwing, playing and fetching. Nobody considers that he might in fact be a family man, content living in his tree house with his ‘stick lady love and their stick children three’.The book follo... morews stick man’s quest to return to his family after being overlooked as a standard stick and used for throwing, playing and fetching. Help arrives in an unlikely form and stick man returns to his lady love and children. In a classroom setting, this would allow exploration of the creative uses of sticks as well as the practical. The use of rhyme sets the pace of the reading and I feel the rhyme and repetition in the story would make children engaged with the reading. I think children would relate to and enjoy the humour in the story as stick man finds himself in a variety of sticky situations. The story also addresses the issue of separation, something which children may also be able to relate to. The fact that every sentence is accompanied by a detailed illustration makes the books visually appealing to advanced and early readers. I would read this book to an EYFS/Year 1 class during the lead up to Christmas, as the winter setting and surprise visit from Santa make it season appropriate. This is now amongst my favourite children’s books and I will definitely use it to plan future lessons. less

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