My mum got this for my 6month old daughter and shes loves to listen to the sounds of the animals she pulls funny faces and giggles. Great book

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Think about the different sounds that animals make. How do we write these (e.g. miaow, purr)? Can you think of any other examples of onomatopoeia? Are there any other examples in the story? Not only do my three nieces love this fun and imaginative book but also my 11 month old daughter loves looking at the colourful pictures.Perfect book for little ones to look at. my daughter loves this story, insists we take it to our local mums and tots so she can read it to all her friends. other parents have taken it home to share with their little ones The animals on the farm are always noisy, all except for the ladybird who never says a word. But when burglars plot to steal the farmer's fine prize cow, it's the quiet ladybird who comes up with the perfect way to stop their dastardly plan! Look at the pictures of the farm at the start and end of the book. Can you describe how they are different?I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him). The story is about a ladybird coming up with a plan to save the farm. The illustrations of the ladybird telling the animals plan is clever because the illustrator has lined up the animals and created a trail to each animal’s ear to show the reader that the ladybird is telling each animal the plan and their role in the plan. The thieves ‘crept’ into the farm. Think of synonyms which describe how people can move. Can you demonstrate each one (e.g. sprint, crawled, paced). My son absolutely loves this story, especially when I get him to make all the different animal sounds and leave him to fill in the blanks (as he knows the story word for word!). It is also really great to introduce rhyme and patterns into a book, There is a nice repetitive structure to the book with a good natural flow, making it easy for children to follow and spot the patterns and rhymes.

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Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning they'll sneak past all the animals and steal the farmer's fine prize cow. But they forget all about the tiniest, quietest creature on the farm―the ladybug. She has a plan of her own. This was one of the stories included in my show, “Gruffalos, Ladybirds and Other Beasts” which we performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. Here we are in rehearsal – Malcolm is Lanky Len on the left. Very fun child friendly book, my 4 year old daughter loves this book and never tires of listening to it again and again This was one of the first books I read to my son when only a few weeks old he loves all the rhymes and animal sounds now he's a bit older he loves the pictures too we now have a library of Julia Donaldson books!Although states for toddler we read this book to our baby when she was in the womb...fun story with great colours Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all has overhead their plot, and she has a plan of her own . . . With brilliant rhyming verse from Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and bright, distinctive illustrations from award-winning illustrator, Lydia Monks, this much-loved modern classic is perfect for reading aloud. my son had this book for christmas he loves it i read it to him and i have to push the buttons at the moment as he is only 5 months old but he listens to the book from start to finish a good buy i would recommend buying it to share with your child. Julia Donaldson has a gift for writing stories to keep toddlers enthralled, with wit and wisdom and heart. A fab story about how even the smallest and quietest among us can defeat an evil, especially if they organise a team to work together for mutual benefit. I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.

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Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. Think of some speech bubbles to show what the ladybird might be thinking at each point in the story.

This is a really fun and engaging KS1 book. This cane looked at in many different areas of the Literacy curriculum. When looking at fiction stories there is a nice link to baddies and heroes, and in this case the hero is small and clever as opposed to big and strong. Enjoyable animal sounds for my toddler. A source of intrigue for my pre-schooler who joined in with the whispering parts and was fascinated by each of the characters in this story.

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My eldest daughter got this for her second birthday and she adored it. Within a week she was finishing the rhyme with us and making all the noises. Great book to start the move from baby books into bigger story books. We loved it and look forward to reading it with the baby soon. Sharing rhymes with very young children helps them become familiar with the patterns of language and helps them develop their understanding of how language works.My son who is 2 and a half loves this book and we have to read and find all of the ladybirds every day. We can read it together with our little friends as well, trying to find the animals and say what they say.