Suitabook
Matthew is up!
Nicole Copley
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Nicole Copley. Illustrator: Asanda Buthelezi. Designer: Luke Ryan Hohls. Editor: Zanri Kritzinger.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: Matthew is up! (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Read the repeated lines with a lively rhythm, then pause over the pictures to notice what Matthew does for himself. You could discuss how to wake someone considerately.
- Themes
- Doing things independently: Matthew gets food, uses the toilet and dresses while his family sleeps. These activities show Matthew acting on his own, but the story does not clearly present them as a lesson or evaluate his choices.
- Waking the family: Matthew’s energetic jumping eventually wakes his sister and mother; he also jumps on family members in bed. The scene is presented playfully, but the story does not state whether the family welcomes the interruption.
- Worth knowing
- The story plainly mentions poo and shows Matthew wiping himself. It also shows him jumping on sleeping family members; no injury or upset is depicted.