Stick Man

The media could not be loaded.  I got this book for two-and-a-half year old twins and it has become one of their favourites. It has also really encouraged their language development and they I'll now both sit down and "read" it to themselves in their own words, remembering a lot of the rhymes and repeating them to themselves out loud when we are out and about. So it's a very useful and instructive book in that way. They've also learnt many new words and concepts such as jogging, chuckling, a fire with a grate, freezing and melting. The bit about Stickman lying on the snow has contributed to our winter topic, where we are exploring freezing and melting by making our own ice cream and stamping on icy puddles etc. The pictures are beautifully drawn and just right to appeal to a child's mind. They are full of little details which the kids are enjoying exploring. This book is also lots of fun to read out loud, and I enjoy doing Stickman's squeaky indignant voice, saying "I'm not a stick!!! Why can't they see?? I'm Stickman, I'm Stickman, I'm Stickman that's me!!! And I want to go back to my family tree!!" This repeated refrain is also wonderful for encouraging language and rhyming ability and has led to us creating our own rhymes.There are usually one or two clues in every book that Julia Donaldson is one of the first of Gen X. There is often a very traditional core to them (which is not at all a bad thing) and in this one it's the bit about the children playing Pooh sticks. Children don't really grow up reading Winnie-the-Pooh anymore (sadly in my opinion) so I just call it it a "stick" instead of a "pooh stick" or they wouldn't understand.

This is my granddaughter’s favourite book at the moment ( she’s 20months) and we reward it regularly together. Great illustration ms.

Every child should have this book

This is a wonderful book and it keep’s children’s attention and they love it

bought as a gift, can't complain!

It's stickman and he finds his family awww

Great

Love this story, so sweet, and it's a lovely edition, great big colour pictures.