Christopher Pumpkin

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Help students get their creative juices flowing by providing them with their choice of writing paper. When Sue met Paul Linnet she found another person with the same silly sense of humor as her and they fell in love and started writing and illustrating together. Christopher used his differences to really impress the other characters in the book with how scary he could be without change a single thing about himself. One day the bad witch threatened him to change his kind character, to become scarrier than his current image.

He worked for many years as a museum designer but has always been a storyteller whether, as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters or, as a designer, displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. This craft makes a great book companion craft for the book: " Christopher Pumpkin ", By: Sue Hendra and Paul LinnetThis craft will be a hit with your kids and is super simple to make. Absolutely fantastic illustrations and fun rhyming text tell the story of a witch who's throwing a party and wants everything to be perfectly scary. Students will retell the story in the graphic organizer, and piece their cute pumpkin together for display!Reading for pleasure and children’s literature is a passion of mine so I hope that you enjoy this resources as much as I have enjoyed making it! She spells up a couple of pumpkins and decided she needed one more the last pumpkin was a little different than the others. Help children to tap with a steady beat as they wave their ‘magic wands’- also to consolidate ‘moving into writing’ actions (see extension activities). The witch of Spooksville needs help getting ready for her party, so she brings pumpkins to life- but something goes horribly wrong with the last one, and instead of conjuring something spooky or ghastly, she makes Christopher.

Nick lives near York with his wife and two children and, when he isn't drawing, he is out riding bikes and spending time with his family. Nick East (Illustrator) Nick East is the illustrator of the bestselling Toto the Ninja Cat as well as the Goodnight Digger and Knock Knock series.Sue and Paul's books have sold over 1 million copies, and won numerous prizes including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award in 2016. I loved how Christopher Pumpkin loved pink cupcakes and unicorns and wasn't ashamed to bake and decorate the way he wanted to. Christopher Pumpkin can be the perfect pairing with She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert as the themes (being yourself and the right place will happen) do come to play.

This is an important message for children to learn as well, that even through everyone is different, our own views and ideas can still lead us to achieving a common goal! Christopher is not like the other spooky pumpkins, and his contribution to the scary Halloween party shows that he is creative and true to his own pumpkin self. Nick East is the illustrator of Goodnight Digger (and others in that series – Tractor, Pirate, and Princess, Santa, and Spaceman), among many other children’s books published in the UK. Biography: Sue Hendra (Author) Sue Hendra is the author and illustrator of the hugely popular and hilarious Barry the Fish with Fingers and Dave. Hachette Book Group is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world.It has fantastic illustrations and the story has a good message, be yourself and it will all work out. I read this today to my class of 6 year olds and not only did they enjoy it, but many of them wanted to read it independently. Equip yourself for the heavy lifting of autumn in the classroom with this bundle of engaging puzzle worksheets.