Fluff the Farting Fish (Rosen and Ross)

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I chose the book for him because as a teacher I read Michael Rosen's books and poetry frequently to my classes. The narrowness of his course of study proved a source of dissatisfaction and Michael began looking outside his recommended reading to contemporary working, class ballads.

The stories are funny and would be just as suitable for a parent to read to their child, chapter by chapter , or to help encourage reluctant readers to pick out words they recognise and then have the page read to then. Fluff can’t sit, she won’t bark on command, but she does have a very special fishy talent all of her own .

Evolution can be a difficult concept to explain to children, but this amusing picture book presents it beautifully. He went to art school in Liverpool and has since worked as a typographer for design and advertising agencies. He was the Children’s Laureate from 2007-2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller Many Different Kinds of Love and On The Move.

Michael Rosen was born into a London Jewish family, the son of two distinguished educators – Connie and Harold Rosen. Part of the series of books that includes Bilal’s Brilliant Bee and Barking for Bagels, Fluff the Farting Fish is a short early reader novel that will delight 6-7 year olds looking for a fun story and a few giggles along the way. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Some words had a British slant, some were a bit challenging, but she worked them out and got thru the 80 pages of “Fluffy the Farting Fish” ( her favorite so far) in less than an hour. Fluff can't sit, she won't bark on command, but she does have a very special fishy talent all of her own. Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world.

As well as his own books, he has illustrated books for authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin. He regularly performs his poetry in schools, and can be heard on BBC Radio 4 as a regular presenter. As ever, former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen tells a delightfully relatable story – this time, to kids who are desperate for a pet.A man and his dog watch their favourite football team getting beaten over and over again - but could a surprise substitute change the game? It has humour, fun black and white illustrations and just the right amount of text on each page to be fun and not daunting.

Michael attended Middlesex Hospital Medical School for a year but transferred to Wadham College, Oxford to study English Literature. Some of the books in this set have less text and more pictures and progress too more text per page and slightly less pictures. He was awarded the Eleanor Farjeon prize for services to Children’s literature in 1997, and was Children’s Laureate from 2007-2009. Determined not to give up on her dream of a puppy that could be taught lots of fun tricks, Elvie embarks on a training regime for Fluff that includes fetching, sitting and jumping.Perfect for every child who’s just beginning to read alone, this hilarious tale is a roller coaster ride of fame and fortune and the possible resulting disasters. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.