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November now, and over the first half of this term I have been helping with the Under-5’s Storytimes at my local library. As well as remembering the words of mid-numbing nursery songs and rhymes, and managing shakers, instruments and the bubble machine, I've also ssearche dthrough the bookboxes for useful titles,
One of my recent read-aloud favourites has been THE GIANT JUMPEREE, a picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
The story uses a simple, folk-tale structure and an anonymous rural setting. Rabbit, returning to his burrow is scared by a loud voice chanting “I’m the GIANT JUMPEREE and I’m as scary as can be!”
When Rabbit asks Cat for help, Cat proudly explains that
she will pounce on the mysterious creature. Alas!