Puppet Pop Ups
5 total works
Boris is a very affectionate monster. He likes nothing better than showering everyone with kisses and, though endearing, it can also be very ticklish. The reader is asked to help Boris brush his hair ready for his trip to the park and gets smothered in grateful kisses. The same happens when we feed him, and when he gets to the park none of the other little monsters want to play with him because he is so loud and boisterous.
It's Doris's first day at school, and unlike her big-mouthed big brother, she's quiet and a bit shy. "Turn it up, Doris!" Boris tells her. But nothing can make her speak up until Boris falls down a hole on the way home. Then Doris surprises everyone when she saves the day by shouting for help. After that, Doris is so much more confident, and loud, that Boris has to say, "Turn it DOWN, Doris!"
In "Hello Dudley", we meet Dudley, a little purple monster. The text asks Dudley a question - and the reader can choose how Dudley will respond. For example 'what will Dudley have for dinner?' You may decide it's beans on toast, or maybe something more adventurous, like slugs! Children will love interacting with Dudley he's a proper little monster!
This is the traditional tale of the big wide-mouthed frog, but given the Sam Lloyd treatment. Sparkly-mouthed, be-hatted and be-jewelled Wendy reckons she's FAR too good for the jungle she lives in, and goes round rubbishing all the other creatures...until she comes across Sid the Squid, who eats wide-mouthed frogs, that is! With six spreads to build the joke up and use made of the die-cut hole on the opposite side to the puppet mouth, (encouraging parents/children to put their hands through to create a new creature), this latest title takes our puppet books series to a whole new level!
Following in the hugely successful hoofprints of Boris and Dudley, Sid is a monster who fancies himself as a big scary finger-nibbler. Readers are advised to sit on their hands while Sid is on the rampage, but then it's suggested that perhaps Sid isn't as scary as he'd like to think? Readers are encouraged to roar loudly back at Sid, who is reduced to a quivering wreck by the turn-around, quakes with terror and runs home crying, where he gets his favourite tea - FISH fingers! Lots of opportunities for interaction with the reader and child who is being read to, with questions and suggestions made in the text.