SuitabookMiles to the finish
Jamie Harper
- Reading
- Read it aloud with room for the racing sounds and pauses at the obstacles. Afterwards, revisit the choice near the finish and invite your child to suggest other fair ways the race could end.
- Themes
- Competition and fairness: The children compete for a trophy; Miles considers an easier win after Indie encounters difficulty, and the prize is shared. Competition is treated as exciting, but the story gives greater value to a fair choice and a shared outcome.
- Kindness in play: Miles backs up to check on Otto after he spins out, and the children’s race takes place through imaginative playground play. Helping a fellow racer is presented as part of what matters in the game, rather than as a distraction from it.
- Worth knowing
- The race includes a rough track, a three-car pile-up, a racer spinning out and another car sputtering.