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The Highway Rat

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After completing a BA and MA in Film Studies at the Media and Design Academy in Belgium, he moved to London in 2001 to specialise in Character Animation at Central Saint Martin College of Art and Design. I really liked the illustrations as well in this book and they all had bright colours which really drew the children’s eyes to what the author wanted them to see! The Highway Rat’ (2016) is another first rate little adventure for younger readers from the accomplished pen of Julia Donaldson, with the usual and lovely accompanying illustrations by Axel Sheffler. I know there are people who like The Gruffalo, by the same author, better, but to me, The Highway Rat is where it's at. In fact some pages have a minimal amount of text allowing the reader to get dragged along by the colourful depictions of the animals' trauma.

The Highway Rat' is a child-friendly adaptation of the famous poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. The Highway Rat is an exciting and child friendly book about a mean, greedy and vicious rat that goes round stealing other animal’s food. After snatching other animal’s food, the rat finally comes across a duck, which did not have anything to give him.He steals clover from a rabbit, nuts from a squirrel, and he even steals his own horse's hay, although cakes and chocolate are what he prefers. It could also be used for PSHE lessons, to explore why stealing is wrong and how it can affect the victim’s life.

This gave us the opportunity to have a little PSHE talk about 'stranger danger', and why the Highway Rat has not been making good choices! This time it is story of a predatory, villainous and avaricious rodent and as usual there is a suitable and satisfying denouement – a moral well delivered by the story.I would personally link it with other subjects and get the children to engage in role plays, thought showers and hot seating to extend their understanding. Many questions can also be asked in relation to the highway rat’s behaviour, how does the duck trick the rat, who is the hero and why does the rat listen to the duck and many more. This book also good for PSHE lessons as it has a moral to the story which is not to take belongings that are not yours. Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Shaffer (The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom), The Highway Rat is a delightful story.

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