SuitabookBug Belly Froggy Rescue
Paul Morton
- Reading
- Read together or let the reader take the lead, pausing to inspect the plans and illustrations. Invite them to predict how a gadget might help, then compare their guess with what happens.
- Themes
- Rescue and danger: Splodge is taken by a magpie; Bug Belly and the other froglets travel through the woods to try to rescue him, facing owls and snakes. The peril provides the adventure’s central problem, and the group responds by planning a rescue.
- Plans, drawings and pace: Bug Belly uses gadgets and a multi-part plan; the author describes detailed drawings and readers studying the plans. The plans and illustrations give the adventure visual details to examine alongside its plot.
- Worth knowing
- The rescue involves a froglet being carried off and threats from owls and snakes.