The Hairy Toe

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We snuggle into bed together and skooch under the covers as the creature gets closer and closer to identifying itself.

This story will be a perfect book if one looks to introduce horror or scary story to reception or year one children. This story has stuck with me for so many years, and I'm sure will stay with me for many years to come. I stopped reading after the middle of the story and allowed the children to think what might happen next and I did a shared WB writing assuming if they were the author how they would end that story? Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading. The story is about an old women, one day she finds a hairy toe while she was picking beans and takes to her home.The first time I read it to a class they sit in silence, hanging onto every word with such suspense. It is a good book for involving children to use different voices, and exaggerate certain words or phrases. Rereading this little gem again today and I can still say that this is a scary book for younger readers.

Also love a classic picture book and folktale with an old woman protagonist (despite her meeting an implied gruesome end). Humorously illustrated by Daniel Postgate this spine-tickling traditional tale is perfect for halloween and shouts to be read out loud! I've even taken it in to my son's class and read it to them - joyously received with squeals of delight and shock at the end - I do get a bit carried away on the last page.ever since ive been little ive loved this book so many childrens books are about the prince and the princess living happily ever after which is pretty cool but this book is original and funny and random i love it! READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. A vulnerable old lady is engaged in an uncertain defensive action on a flimsy premise with no discernible ending.