When Peppa and her friends visit Mr Potato's theatre show, Madam Gazelle decides it's time they put on a pantomime of their own! The invitations are sent, rehearsals are complete and the costumes are ready, but who is the special suprise guest coming to see Peppa perform?
The story includes six envelopes containing story props like tickets, invitations, a theatre programme and much more!
Ladybird books are known and loved the world over. For millions of people, they bring back the golden days of childhood - learning to read, discovering the magic of books, and growing up.
The very first Ladybird book ever was produced by a jobbing printer called Wills & Hepworth during the First World War. The company, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, began to publish 'pure and healthy literature' for children, registering the Ladybird logo in 1915. Despite the company's claims, however, those books would no longer be politically correct. In the ABC Picture Book, for example, A stood for armoured train!
At a point I was concerned it was taking on a royalist bent, as Peppa - apropos of nothing - declared a desire to meet the Queen. However, this was a mere red herring to mask transgressive republican thought. The reveal that children prefer anthropomorphised potatoes to the Queen is delightful.
***Spoiler alert*** This book like other popular post books consists of envelope shaped pages with letters and other bits that relate to the story. This book from the Peppa Pig franchise is most likely aiming at the Early Years Foundation Stage. Some of the paper included is pantomine tickets, a programme, masks and permission slips. The story is far wordier than other post style books which is quite unusual considering the age range the book is most likely aimed at. The Key Stage 1 national curriculum says that children should be introduced to a variety of different writing for different purposes. The book definitely introduces various writing styles within its post, i.e. the programme and the invitation. However, some of the post is rather boring, such as having individual permission slips for all the children in the nursery that say the same thing. The writing is rather lengthy and I find it hard to believe that any children in Key Stage 1 or the EYFS will sit for the duration of this story. Although I think they may enjoy opening the envelopes, there are far better post books than this one with a much wider, interesting selection of writing styles that even include comedy.