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Grug #28
Grug Learns To Fly
Grug loves looking at the pictures in books, but one day he decides to teach himself how to read the words. Soon he can enjoy his favourite book of all - Grug!
- GenresChildrens
35 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 17, 2011
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November 6, 2021
Poor Grug! He did his best. I’m not sure if we read about Grug a lot because the kids enjoy it, or because I do. They’re such adorable little tales of his many adventures and learning curves.
October 3, 2023
Grug is very creative with how to spend his time. I wish I had half his patience when his projects fail.
July 30, 2014
Author/Illustrator: Ted Prior
First Published: 2011
Grug is apparently an Aussie classic, but it didn't cross my path when I was little. Prior started his stories of Grug in 1979, producing 25 books until 1992. In 2009 Simon & Schuster republished the series, and Prior added to Grug's adventures.
"Grug Learns to Fly" is a new one.
Grug starts out as the top of a Burrawang tree*,
having adventures wither solo or with his friends Cara the snake and Snoot the echidna.
The books are short little picture books, a single line per page with colourful, simple images. When Grug faces a problem he tackles it in a manner relatable to the reader. In "Grug Learns to Fly", having seen a bird, Grug decides to make some wings. When they don't work, he makes a plane. He doesn't then fly the skies doing loop-the-loops, in fact he barely leaves the ground. When he realises he doesn't know how to land, he crashes.
Simple, engaging, relatable.
Short.
A lovely little story to add to the Grug collection.
References:
Grug's website: http://www.mygrug.com/
W'pedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grug
Aboriginal Bush Foods: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_in...
Age:
Read aloud - 2+
Read yourself - 4+
* Burrawong seeds, although extremely poisonous, were used by the (indigenous) Cadigal people of the Sydney area as a source of starch. The poison was extracted over a number of days before making the seed pulp into cakes.
-CR-
First Published: 2011
Grug is apparently an Aussie classic, but it didn't cross my path when I was little. Prior started his stories of Grug in 1979, producing 25 books until 1992. In 2009 Simon & Schuster republished the series, and Prior added to Grug's adventures.
"Grug Learns to Fly" is a new one.
Grug starts out as the top of a Burrawang tree*,
having adventures wither solo or with his friends Cara the snake and Snoot the echidna.
The books are short little picture books, a single line per page with colourful, simple images. When Grug faces a problem he tackles it in a manner relatable to the reader. In "Grug Learns to Fly", having seen a bird, Grug decides to make some wings. When they don't work, he makes a plane. He doesn't then fly the skies doing loop-the-loops, in fact he barely leaves the ground. When he realises he doesn't know how to land, he crashes.
Simple, engaging, relatable.
Short.
A lovely little story to add to the Grug collection.
References:
Grug's website: http://www.mygrug.com/
W'pedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grug
Aboriginal Bush Foods: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_in...
Age:
Read aloud - 2+
Read yourself - 4+
* Burrawong seeds, although extremely poisonous, were used by the (indigenous) Cadigal people of the Sydney area as a source of starch. The poison was extracted over a number of days before making the seed pulp into cakes.
-CR-
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