Different author but same illustrator
Cori Brooke
Remember the story, The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog?
This story is illustrated by the same illustrator, Sue deGennaro.
I think it looks a bit like the other book, don't you?
Can you see the numbers and letters on the front cover?
Hold the two books up side by side. What other similarities do you notice?
I wonder why books these books look similar?
This story is illustrated by the same illustrator, Sue deGennaro.
I think it looks a bit like the other book, don't you?
Can you see the numbers and letters on the front cover?
Hold the two books up side by side. What other similarities do you notice?
I wonder why books these books look similar?
Look at the cover of Max and George
What do you think this story is about?
Think about some of the other books we have read about friends. What sorts of things happened in those books to show what friends are like?
Who might Max and George be?
Read and enjoy this story.
Think about some of the other books we have read about friends. What sorts of things happened in those books to show what friends are like?
Who might Max and George be?
Read and enjoy this story.
After Reading
What was this story about?
Why did Max have an imaginary friend? Have you ever had a friend that wasn't real?
How did having an imaginary friend make Max feel?
Why was it that Max didn't like it when George was jittery? What could Max really see when he looked at jittery George? How did he try and change the situation?
What was the thing in the story that Max was most anxious and nervous about?
Can you remember how you felt when you first started school? What does it feel like when you are alone without any friends?
Why did the adults in the story not understand Max?
What changed when Max met Sam? How did it make Max feel to finally have a friend?
When Max looked in windows and mirrors who did he see, now that he knew Sam?
Why did Max stop looking in windows?
Did you notice all the numbers, letters and parts of sentences throughout the story? What other book uses letters and numbers?
What do the letters and numbers mean in this story? Is there any significance? Maybe there is no significance at all!! There are no wrong answers to this one!
Why did Max have an imaginary friend? Have you ever had a friend that wasn't real?
How did having an imaginary friend make Max feel?
Why was it that Max didn't like it when George was jittery? What could Max really see when he looked at jittery George? How did he try and change the situation?
What was the thing in the story that Max was most anxious and nervous about?
Can you remember how you felt when you first started school? What does it feel like when you are alone without any friends?
Why did the adults in the story not understand Max?
What changed when Max met Sam? How did it make Max feel to finally have a friend?
When Max looked in windows and mirrors who did he see, now that he knew Sam?
Why did Max stop looking in windows?
Did you notice all the numbers, letters and parts of sentences throughout the story? What other book uses letters and numbers?
What do the letters and numbers mean in this story? Is there any significance? Maybe there is no significance at all!! There are no wrong answers to this one!
Endpapers
What are the endpapers of a book?
Where do we find them?
They often add a little bit more to the story or set the scene. Sometimes they are left blank but sometimes the publisher chooses to use them.
Look at the endpapers at the beginning of this story and then the ones at the end. How have they changed from the beginning, when Max didn't have a real friend, to the end when he did have a real friend?
Did you notice that George had a friend now too!
Where do we find them?
They often add a little bit more to the story or set the scene. Sometimes they are left blank but sometimes the publisher chooses to use them.
Look at the endpapers at the beginning of this story and then the ones at the end. How have they changed from the beginning, when Max didn't have a real friend, to the end when he did have a real friend?
Did you notice that George had a friend now too!
How do friends make us feel?
What have we learnt from today's story about friends?