Whose House?

by Colin Hawkins, Jacqui Hawkins

Peep inside the houses of your favourite fairy tale characters in this interactive lift-the-flap board book. Turn the pages, read the clues and try to guess whose house is whose… Whose house is tucked deep in the woods? Who lives in the house with the three bowls of porridge? Who lives in a treehouse and has big hairy feet? Look at each picture and guess them all – then come to the palace and join the ball! Open the flaps to peep inside the homes of your favourite fairy tale characters, from a tiny cottage to a cosy treehouse and a grand palace. Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Cinderella and many more – all of your favourite fairy tale characters are brought to life in this classic story. With lots and lots of funny details to spot, for hours of fun, children will love lifting the flaps to guess who lives in each house. This fun board book lift-the-flap format is ideal for sharing with little ones but with lots of details for older children to enjoy too and nostalgic, timeless artwork reminiscent of the much-loved books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.

22 pages, Board Book

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

Colin Hawkins (1945) was born in Blackpool, England, and won a scholarship to art school at the age of thirteen. He and his wife, Jacqui Hawkins, produced their first children’s book, Witches, in 1981 and over one hundred titles have followed since then.

Reviews

[Sue Goldman · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a great book for Early Years and Key stage 1 children. It is a lift the flap book which kids usually love. On each page there is a little bit of text which starts 'Whose house is this?' and then gives clues to who lives there. All the dwellers are characters from traditional tales like 'The Three Bears'. Once the children have guessed they can lift the flap to see in side the very detailed houses and find out who lives there. I think this book is great for sharing with a group of children or them exploring on their own. This book is good for encouraging thinking about literature,for example characters and settings and recollection skills. there is a lot of scope for further learning. For example children could create their own lift the flap houses then perhaps progress to creating a house for one of their own characters. it could also be used to look further into different kinds of home, and children could create a model of their own home with them and who they live with inside. They could then create another different sort of home and learn about how different people in their community or around the world live. There are some good links to the PSHE and Geography curriculum as well as the English curriculum.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute board book set in a fairytale world.