Look insideRed Bananas: Snakes and Ladders
At school, the kids call her ‘Weedy Wendy’ – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandad’s snake. And when she takes Slinky to school and he wriggles out of her bag, brave Wendy will do anything to rescue him! Is this a chance to prove she’s not so weedy after all? A hilarious story of turning the tables from favourite author Michael Morpurgo, with colour pictures and a simple yet fulfilling text for newly fluent solo readers.
Fun Stuff
Activities
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Bananas Activity
Make your own Lassi drink.
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Michael Morpurgo Bumper Wordsearch
See if you can find these words from your favourite stories in the grid.
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Michael Morpurgo Name That Book Quiz
Can you guess which Michael Morpurgo book these clues and quotes are from?
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Michael Morpurgo Word Scramble
Can you re-arrange these words to discover more fantastic Michael Morpurgo book titles?
Recent reviews
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I LOVE HIS BOOKS SO MUCH
8 March 2013
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Authors
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Michael Morpurgo
Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.
Awards
Michael was the Children’s Laureate 2003-2005, and has won many awards including The Whitbread Prize For The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the Smarties prize for The Butterfly Lion the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful and the Red House award for Shadow.
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