SuitabookConflict and behaviour
The ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets and later becomes a nicer, happier bug.
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Eric Carle - Author
This is a lively animal story with visual features to explore: clocks mark time, text and animals grow larger, and the ladybird’s quarrels lead towards a change in behaviour.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a lively animal story with visual features to explore: clocks mark time, text and animals grow larger, and the ladybird’s quarrels lead towards a change in behaviour.
The ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets and later becomes a nicer, happier bug.
Clocks appear on each page, the sun’s path shows time passing, and animals and text become increasingly larger.
The ladybird picks fights, so you may wish to discuss how its behaviour affects others and whether becoming “nicer” explains enough about resolving conflict.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
The Bad Tempered Ladybird - Scholes (Elmet) Primary School, Leeds
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