![]() ![]() ![]() They are good for introducing farmyard vocabulary and on a first reading it is fun to ask the child if they can predict what will happen to the fox next. ![]() ![]() The simple pictures have a distinctive style and use predominantly browns, greens and yellows with a splash of red and orange. As a small child she was just amused by the trouble he got himself into, she found the bag of flour falling onto his head particularly funny. It is only now that she is older that my daughter realises that the fox’s intentions are less than honourable. Rosie is completely unaware of the fox’s presence but it is his actions that provide the humour (the fox falls in the pond, trips over a rake, gets covered in flour and straw). The story relies heavily on the pictures to show the action and some pages have no text at all. Rosie’s walk is a simple story that appeals to young children but is also great for older children who are starting to read. Unbeknown to her she is being followed by a fox who gets into various kinds of trouble before being chased away by a swarm of bees. The Story: Rosie, the hen, goes for a walk around the farmyard. I have read it to my daughter since she was small and now she is excited that she can ‘read’ it by herself, there are less than thirty five words in the story so it is a great book for a beginner reader. I often borrowed Rosie’s Walk from the library as a child and bought my own copy when I was doing my teacher training. ![]()
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