Norman the Slug with a Silly Shell: A laugh-out-loud picture book from the creators of Supertato!

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Arm your kiddies with paint, glitter, lentils or any other material you have available at home and let them loose on the paper plate. Hilarious... One of the funniest picture books this year - read it and laugh out loud!' Creative Steps Magazine My own children thoroughly enjoyed our Paper Plate Snail craft, with my 19 month old Cakes having a go too! A fantastically bold and fun picture book that will teach children the importance of accepting who you are.' Junior News and Mail Norman saves Christmas in this story. Could you think of a similar story in which a different character saves Christmas in their own way?

Look at the different shades of each colour in the illustrations. Can you mix different Art materials to make new shades of the same colour? So when it came to book week and one of my daughters asked to be Norman I embraced the challenge. Orange/pink clothes and a few home-made accessories worked wonders.From Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, the bestselling, award-winning creators of Barry the Fish with Fingers, I Need a Wee and Supertato!

Norman The Slug With The Silly Shell has been a firm favourite in this house for a few years. Written by Sue Hendra this fun story line (Norman wants to more than just an ordinary slug) and wonderful bright graphics make this a gorgeous book to read. NORMAN The slug with the Silly Shell has been one of Angel’s favourite books for years. She loves Norman’s crazy antics and his determination to fit in with the snails. Its fun bouncypace and beautiful illustrations keeps children entranced until the end.

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Norman's antics are superbly illustrated in a bold, decorative style and the story carefully crafted to build anticipation and humour.' Books for Keeps Could you use programming software (e.g. Scratch) to move a slug across the screen to collect some presents? Norman the Slug is looking for a perfect shell—but can he find his match? Find out in this “fantastically bold and fun picture book that will teach children the importance of accepting who you are” ( Junior News and Mail). Norman frees himself with a ‘slither and a slother, a slip and a slide’. Can you make up your own sentences that use alliteration? Norman is a slug, but he wishes he was a snail. The search for a perfect shell brings him across the most interesting possibilities, and the results. . .well, things don't quite turn out the way anyone thought they would.

Look at the silhouette picture of Father Christmas flying across the sky. Could you make a similar picture of your own? In the video below, the author and illustrator talk about the book. What questions would you like to ask them? Norman ‘skulked’ off when the snails shouted at him. Can you find other words that can be used to describe how a slug moves? Fans of Barry, Norman and Keith will absolutely adore this new wonderfully eccentric new character' Mumsnet Summed up, this is a book young listeners are sure to enjoy. Older listeners/readers, however, could fall either way. It's quirky and ridiculous, and doesn't follow the usual story flow. With all of the fun, it does pull kids into thought without them ever realizing it, and might inspire them to adopt a slug of their own.Make a list of other objects / materials that would make a good shell for Norman. Think about the positive / negative aspects of having each one as a shell. The snails are forming a triangular pattern in one of the illustrations. Can you investigate triangular numbers? I warmly recommend the book and supported by our super fun Paper Plate Snail Craft, it’s the perfect duo for some quality time at home or within a group preschool setting. Paper Plate Snail: Materials Norman’s shell has lots of shiny parts. Investigate different materials that are shiny and dull. What makes them shiny? What does reflection mean? Norman the Slug is looking for a perfect shell—but can he find his match? Find out in the super sparkly anniversary edition of this much-loved Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet classic!

Norman the Slug is looking for a perfect shell—but can he find his match? Find out in this “fantastically bold and fun picture book that will teach children the importance of accepting who you are” ( Junior News and Mail ). The fabulous new character from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet , the bestselling, award-winning creators of Barry the Fish with Fingers , I Need a Wee and Supertato! Papier-mache the brown tissue paper (you could use brown parcel paper or brown paper bags) around the outside edge to cover the gap. You want this to overlap about a quarter of the way down the side of the doughnut. Use the pink tissue paper to papier-mache the inside gap and bring that up over the doughnut to form the icing. Inspired by Sue Hendra’s charming story ‘Norman The Slug with the Silly Shell’, our Paper Plate Snail is all about letting imaginations sparkleto create snails with very silly shells.Norman lands on a washing line. Why do people hang wet clothes on a washing line? What does evaporation mean? Father Christmas has a cold. What can we do to try and stay healthy? What healthy treats might help him to avoid catching a cold in the future? The text is rather simplistic and straightforward. It is a humorous story about a slug trying to fit in with a group of snails with equally humorous results. The illustrations are rather colorful with bright and vivid colors for the myriad of shells depicted. Cut some bright coloured pipe cleaners into small pieces and glue them on both sides to make the sprinkles.