It been a long time since I’ve done a Children’s Hour post, and I found out this week that I will be returning to uni I am excited but it does mean I’m leaving the nursery- so I’m not sure how many children’s books I’ll be able to blog about, so I really want to make the most of the time I have to read to the kids!
The Paper Dolls is a Julia Donaldson book which has been a favorite in pre-school for quite some time. In it a little girl makes a set of paperdolls to play with. The dolls go on a lot of adventures and sing their song
“You can’t (catch) us on no no no,
We’re holding hands and we won’t let go
We’re Ticky and Tacky, and Jackie the Backie, and Jim With Two Noses, and Jo with the Bow”
It’s a lovely journey through a child’s imagination, and the pictures show us what is really happening.
The kids love the song (which my colleague made up a great tune to) and will join in with. We’ve also had a go at making our own paper dolls.
As the reader it may not be the easiest to read, simply because you need to make up the tune yourself- we tried to find a good version on youtube but couldn’t find any where the readers actually sung, which was really disappointing. Also there are subtle changes which once you know the story quite well can be easy to get wrong, trust me the kids notice when you do!
All the same give it a bash, it’s well worth it.
Buy it:
Paperback (£3.49)
Boardbook (£6.99)