Book trials and ideas

Digging the garden

“Look our for worms” - farmer
Girl starts to think about big scary worms chasing her
Gets kitted up with armour ( household objects)
Sets our on adventure to dig the garden
Finds out worms are tiny
Digs hole ( worms as spectators)
Hard work- sense of achievement

“Scare the birds away from the fields” - farmer
“What scares birds?” - little girl thinking
Sees the farm cat walk past
Idea- a giant cat robot - thought bubble of what that would look like
Start to try and build robot out of things found around the farm
Farmer “ what are you doing? You just need to put the scarecrow out”
Sulking, girl trudges out with the scarecrow
Had to clean up the mess from making the robot
Nonsense of achievement

Capture the boar/pig
Goes out with farmer to capture the pig
Fells a connection with the pig and wants him to be free
Thinks about the pigs life being free (fun activities)
Decides to leave the gate open
Feels like she did the right thing

Stealing apples
Agree to do it
Takes the apples
Feels guilty and returns them to the owner
Goes to the shop and buys more apples to give to the farmer
The farmer is happy
Girl feels like she did the right thing
Later farmer is eating an apple and noticed a sticker on it
Angry/happy?
Little girl conflicted

Sections end in questions
Promotes conversation
Keep emotions nuanced

Last pages
Conversation with parent about the trip to the farm
Comic strip?
Kid acting out her experiences