The Hodgeheg

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The busy road is dangerous but Max is determined to make his way across. If humans can do it, why can’t hedgehogs? This is a delightful story for children written by the author of the Sheep-Pig, (Babe). Victor Maximilian St George is a legend amongst hedgehogs. For it was the young, adventurous and bright Max who set out on his adventures to discover a safe way for hedgehogs to cross the road safely.

The Hodgeheg first published in 1987 is still a children's story that is regularly used and read by children both in and outside the classroom. It is read both for pleasure and as a tool for learning in literacy. The plot isn't terrible in this one. There are some moments that could be fun to read aloud to a small child. It is just bland. The main character doesn't stand out and the supporting characters are hard to remember.One day Max's poor aunty tries, without success, to reach the park.She is hit by a car. This spurs Max on to investigate how humans cross the road safely. His first attempt results in a bump on the head and Max starts to muddle up his words and loses his direction. This leads to some very humorous language which children love. In the end detemined Max finds a way for hedgehogs to cross safely, with the help of a lollipop lady! Among his well-loved books is Babe, The Gallant Pig, which was recently made into a major motion picture, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

They will begin to recognise that a contraction is made up of two words and what those two words are. Max goes on a quest to find out how humans cross the road safely. He notices how humans cross the street and thinks that hedgehogs can do the same. The busy road is a dangerous barrier but Max notices that humans seem to cross it quite easily. If they can, why can’t hedgehogs? So Max sets out on a quest to find a safe way to reach the Park. Your Year 2 / Year 3 class will add in the capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks and exclamation marks. There are some nice little realistic details, like the description of the difference between a juvenile and an adult hedgehog, and how noisy young hedgehogs are (it really is true). The illustrations are sweet, too.Your class must find the different sounds from the phases in phonics from the words in the passage. This is a good story of road safety and overcoming obstacles, which I used with year 3 which they enjoyed and were able to access easily as a class with it being read to them. I think this would be suitable for either year 3 or 4 and could also be used for independent reading and curriculum support in PSHE for things such as road safety and overcoming obstacles. Your Year 2 / Year 3 class will look at the word used within context and meanings and also applied to new contexts. The story begins with PA Hedgehog explaining to his children about the problems that hedgehogs have in crossing the road to get to the park. Having listened to his father’s speech, Max asks his father how humans can cross the road safely. PA Hedgehog tells his son that he does not know and sets him the challenge of finding out.

Max's story will provide an entertaining and heartwarming story to read to young children or for confident young readers to read to themselves. The story starts with yet another member of the hedgehog family being run over, and the characters of Ma and Pa being introduced.The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working. The Hodgeheg’ is a story about an intelligent hedgehog named ‘Max’. Max lives in the garden of 5A with ‘Pa Hedgehog’, ‘Ma Hedgehog’, and his three sisters, ‘Peony Hedgehog’, ‘Penny Hedgehog’ and ‘Petunia Hedgehog’. Your KS1 class will read the passage and add in adjectives of their choice or using the resource with the word bank. They will then think of adjectives that best describe the animals in the picture. The pictures add extra charm to the book and help the children relate to the characters in the book.