Newlandsreads 2014

WHEN RELATIVES COME...

AUNT ROSE COMES TO STAY! IN 1ST FORM!

This is another Holly and Tom story.

A letter arrives from Aunt Rose asking if she

can come to stay. Tom and Holly have never

met her, so Dad shows them a photo of her.

The family get Aunt Rose’s bedroom ready.

They go to the shops to buy new curtains, a

new chair and a new quilt for the bed. Aunt

Rose arrives in an open-topped sports car.

She likes her bedroom because the colours of

the new curtains, the new chair and the new

quilt match her dress, her shoes and her bag.

Tom and Holly go to the car to help Aunt

Rose bring in some presents. Unfortunately,

it is so windy that all the labels are blown

off the presents. Aunt Rose cannot remember

who the presents are for. Each member of the

family gets the wrong present and they all

laugh.

After listening to the story, kids coloured all that Holly and Tom's family bought for Aunt Rose: curtains, a chair, her shoes, and her bag, since they saw the illustrations of the story in black and white.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GAVE A DOG A HAMBURGER?

AND IF YOU GAVE A CAT SOME MILK?

AND IF YOU GAVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN?

Ask 2nd formers!! They know it very well!

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix.

In this hilarious sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the young host is again run ragged by a surprise guest. Young readers delighted in the comic complications that follow when a little boy entertains a gregarious moose.

HEAVE HO,

HEAVE HO!