Christopher Pumpkin

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To help maintain attention, provide a wand, fairy wings, a pumpkin, a fancy shoe, any relevant puppets, soft toys or dolls - eg a girl puppet and use these items (along with pictures) to illustrate the story. These resources can also be used later as prompts to help retell and sequence the story. And so...Christopher Pumpkin decides to come up with a plan. A scary plan. One that might even send the scary witch running in fear! The second document provides an ‘Activity Map’ with a variety of activities and tasks you could set your pupils based around the Christopher Pumpkin book.

Genre: Children's Books > Caught my eye because of the name, but kept me ’cause of the story Caught my eye because of the name, but kept me ’cause of the story Help children to tap with a steady beat as they wave their ‘magic wands’- also to consolidate ‘moving into writing’ actions (see extension activities).It's a dark and stormy night. A witch is preparing her castle for a scary halloween party but she needs some help. So she enchants a few pumpkins to help her. 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! Sue Hendra is a writer (and sometimes illustrator) of over seventy books for children, including (along with her frequent writing partner Paul Linnet) Barry the Fish with Fingers, Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell, Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat, and Supertato. Her book Wanda and the Alienhas been adapted for television in the UK.

This angers the witch who threatens to turn poor Christopher into pumpkin soup unless he can mend his ways and be spooky like the rest. Christopher Pumpkin is a cute little pumpkin which likes all things fun. He loves colors, he is different from the other pumpkins and he enjoys the little and delightful moments as well. One day the bad witch threatened him to change his kind character, to become scarrier than his current image. But... Christopher is such a brave little pumpkin. Read this book aloud to find out what does the little pumpkin did. 🧡Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet have written a number of books together, including I Need a Wee! and the hilarious Supertato 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.