Room on the Broom

Name: Room on the Broom
Brand: Bookspeed
SKU: B069502
Price: 7.99 GBP
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A magical Halloween adventure filled with rhyme, friendship, teamwork and a very special broomstick.

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For Literacy

Recommended from 3+ years

Description

Room on the Broom: Halloween Edition by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a much-loved children’s picture book with a magical Halloween twist.

Follow the friendly witch and her cat as they travel through the night sky on their broomstick, picking up a series of helpful new friends along the way. But when a fierce dragon appears, the group must work together to find a way out of trouble.

Julia Donaldson’s lively rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s expressive illustrations make this a wonderful Halloween storybook to share together, with plenty of repetition, humour and opportunities for children to join in.

The story celebrates friendship, kindness and teamwork while giving children lots to spot and talk about as they explore the colourful illustrations.

Product Details

Author: Donaldson, Julia & Scheffler, Axel

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: 14/09/2023

ISBN: 9781035025329

Illustrated: Colour illustrations

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 250x280mm

Educational Benefits

Language and early literacy: The rhythmic rhyming text helps children listen for sounds, recognise patterns in language and join in with familiar phrases.

Vocabulary development: The story introduces children to descriptive language and vocabulary linked to characters, actions, animals and the Halloween setting.

Social and emotional development: The characters' willingness to help one another encourages conversations about kindness, friendship, cooperation and looking out for others.

Memory and sequencing: Repeated reading helps children remember the order of events and retell the adventure in their own words.

Imagination: The magical setting, flying broomstick and fantastical characters provide inspiration for pretend play and storytelling.

Observation and comprehension: Axel Scheffler’s detailed illustrations encourage children to look closely, identify characters and use visual clues to understand what is happening.

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