Mr Haughton, your picture books are simply amazing. I had the chance to listen to a nice french bookstore attendant read Chut! On a un plan before it reaches french Canadian bookstores. This papercut technique is very “rich” and from what I have seen from the video the colors are beautiful. ANd the scenario! Wow! Easy to predict that this book will also earn many prizes, but most importantly, children will love it!!! Bravo de Montreal 🙂 Chris Haughton tells a big story in stunning illustrations in his near-wordless picture book… a wittily told story with a strong message about communication' Chris Haughton is an Irish illustrator and author living in London. He was listed in Time magazine's 'DESIGN 100' for the work he has been doing for fair trade clothing company People Tree. His debut book 'A Bit Lost' was first published in English in September 2010. It has been translated into 15 languages and won 9 awards in 7 countries including the Dutch Picturebook of the Year. This is his best yet: simple, original, very blue and HILARIOUS...every single school in the country should have a copy' Children can re-enact and retell the tale of the hilarious villains. Using movement and the repetition to build the suspense, swiftly followed by disappointment, will make it exciting and amusing for their audience. Play a game

Wow. It’s very refreshing and enlightening to be able to see through a window onto your creative process. This book looks at least as amazing as the other two, which are the best modern storybooks we’ve found. You seem to have taken a leap forward even! Re-read the story, encouraging children to join in with the repetition and fun: ‘ready one, ready two, ready three… GO!’ Tell the story This simple tale of adventure and innocence is a delight to the senses, stunningly crafted in his signature style. . . a sensational picture book for early readers and will leave adults coveting the captivating design'One of the most exciting author/illustrators in children’s books today and this latest offering is a delight ... a lovely book for reading aloud full of expression and fun, with a final twist in the furry tail' Little Owl falls asleep in his (rather precarious) nest, falls onto the ground with a 'bump' and becomes 'a bit lost'. But Squirrel comes to his rescue... I was listed in Time Magazine's DESIGN 100for the work I've been doing for fair trade company People Tree and co-founded NODEa fair trade social business with Akshay Sthapit in 2012 What really makes this book shine are Chris Haughton’s superb illustrations: the gloom of the woods at night is captured perfectly by his sombre blue palette, and his expressive depiction of the hunters makes their fear of the dark palpable. A simple, funny and atmospheric story that will delight younger children, and probably their parents as well.

Shh! We Have a Plan is a book to fall in love with . . . The characters are so warm and endearing, their antics so gentle and funny that children will take them to their hearts. . . a lovely, lovely book' Armadillo An incredible book, much loved by my own children and, in a recent lesson observation for a job interview, by all the children in a Year 2 class. I was able to use the hook line for a behaviour management tool, the setting to develop a whole class soundscape and the bulk of the book for ethical comprehension investigation. The children enjoyed exploring the book with me; it was a vital teaching and learning tool, and a genuine whole class ‘reading for pleasure’ moment. Needless to say this book secured me the job too! Make some puppets to represent the characters in the story. Could you use them to perform it to an audience? Does this book have a deeper meaning about kindness over stealth and force or listening to the wisdom of the young or perhaps, a call for being calm, patience, and generous?

What happens next? Children can draw and write what they imagine happens next in the story of the hunters and the squirrel. Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton is a children's picturebook about a group of four individuals who have a plan that goes wrong, which involves searching and catching a bird during the night. Haughton uses the juxtaposition of the three older characters against the youngest character. In my understanding the three older characters embody the greed and the destructive nature of human beings, however, in contrast, the youngest embodies being generous, patient and loving towards the environment and everyone who resides there.