SuitabookLucy Rose - Big on Plans
Katy Kelly
- Reading
- Read alongside Lucy’s changing plans, pausing when family separation or Ashley’s behaviour becomes important. Afterwards, discuss which problems belong to Lucy and which belong to adults.
- Themes
- A child trying to fix adult problems: Lucy makes plans to stop her parents’ separation becoming a divorce and hopes to influence what happens. The situation invites discussion about children’s hopes and limits when adults’ relationships are uncertain.
- Plans, persistence and everyday creativity: Lucy pursues crafts, protects her grandparents’ apricots from squirrels and deals with difficulties at Parks and Recreation. Lucy’s energy, creativity and tenacity are presented positively within a humorous account of ordinary challenges.
- Peer conflict and interpretation: Ashley makes Parks and Recreation less enjoyable and behaves in ways Lucy experiences as unpleasant; Lucy does not understand why. The situation could support conversation about responding to unkind behaviour without assuming another person’s motives.
- Worth knowing
- The main point to notice is that Lucy appears to take responsibility for changing difficult circumstances, especially her parents’ separation. A child may need reassurance that adult decisions are not theirs to solve.