SuitabookMr Wolf’s Pancakes
Jan Fearnley
- Reading
- Read it aloud and pause when Mr Wolf cannot make the pancakes or when the neighbours arrive. Invite predictions, then revisit whether the characters’ choices seem fair after the ending.
- Themes
- Help, effort and sharing: Mr Wolf needs help making pancakes; the neighbours refuse, then want to help eat the result. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Inference through character behaviour: The reading activity uses inference through character behaviour; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The accompanying teaching activity encourages readers to interpret what characters’ words and actions suggest, rather than simply follow the pancake-making events.
- Worth knowing
- The neighbours are described as mean, horrible, selfish or nasty, while Mr Wolf struggles alone.