Mr Stink

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Some of my kids asked if the parallels between Chloe's mother and Donald Trump were intentional, and while we all had a great laugh at the brilliance of that observation, I must admit we began to see the implications of each character's actions in a sometimes more serious light. Imagine the telephone conversation between the Prime Minster and Mr. Stink. What might they say to each other?

I was really pleasantly surprised that David Walliams achieved to write such a brilliant children’s books, I’ve always been a fan of his television comedy and the humour and pace of the book doesn’t disappoint. His style is very Dahl-esq which is helped by Quentin Blake’s lovely illustrations. Chloe’s mum makes a list of policies that she would set if she were to become a Member of Parliament. What policies would you set to improve things where you live? The story follows the journey of 12 year old Chloe, who at school is being bullied and has no friends. Chloe’s home life isn’t much happier either. Chloe has an annoying younger sister, Annabelle who is very popular, especially with their mother.Annabelle Crumb: Chloe's 10-year-old sister who is a spiteful snob. Chloe's mother dotes on her. She is very athletic and musical. She wears her hair in bunches to bed. She takes part in many extra-curricular activities just to please her mother. Annabelle is also her mother's favorite. What I particularly love about this book is the narration. I love that it comes from Chloe herself, from her eyes, and as a reader you can really embrace the story. I think that that point is particularly great for children reading it as they can understand the logic that Chloe has. The book has a very smooth flow and is beautifully put together by Quintin's illustrations. Another area that really jumped out as me was how humble and kind hearted Walliams made Mr. Stink, this would put across strong morals for socially developing children. Mr Stink’ is a wonderfully written tale of a young girl called Chloe who befriends a witty tramp called Mr Stink. The two have a lot in common as both are incredibly lonely. Chloe is fed up of her mundane lifestyle and decides to move Mr Stink into the family’s garden shed. This does not go down too well with her Conservative MP running Mother, who would rather ban tramps or “soap-dodgers” as she calls them, from her streets. Hi! Do you like showering? I do like showering they are nice, warm and relaxing. But if you don’t shower you stink. After that, people will call you to stink man. Then you get sad because people call you stink man. But if you shower none of those will happen. That’s why I shower. You shower then come out only waste 10 minutes or less if you are in a hurry. If you are hurrying to work you don’t want to stink. The point is when you shower it washes your germs and dirty stuff. You get fresh after that.

This is a heartwarming story about a young girl, Chloe, befriending a homeless person who smells. A LOT. Artists: Samantha Wortley- Lawson, Jacob Wortley Dean, Mahalliyah Hayes, Mary Moffatt, Armani Carr, Dior’RoseCould you perform part or all of the story. Watch this trailer for the musical version for inspiration: Mr Stink centers around the life of a 12-year-old girl named Chloe, who one day comes across a homeless man, who is described as 'the stinkiest stinky stinker who ever lived'. Mr Stink comes into the town where Chloe lives and sets up home on a wooden bench. A lot of the locals in the town were nice to him, and did give him some money here and there, but everybody was so put-off by the smell of him that they would never approach him for a chat. Mr. Stink is a 60-minute BBC television film adaptation of the 2009 novel of the same name by David Walliams that was first broadcast on 23 December 2012. Talking of their mum, she has a very controlling one who is in the middle of a very big campaign to become the local MP. To try and win her votes, she has come up with quite a few outrageous policies such as to ‘play football with imaginary footballs as real ones are a nuisance’, ‘dogs must be kept on leads at all times even indoors’ and the most outrageous one of all (according to Chloe) is that homeless people (tramps) are ‘banned from the streets in their town’. This makes life very difficult for Chloe as her new and only friend is the local tramp they call Mr Stink, who lives on the ‘bench, you know the one that’s round the corner from the bus stop?’.