I read this book with my nephew and nieces but I highly recommend for a nursery class when introducing rhyming, animals or even healthy eating! Good manners aren't on the menu at this meal - Duck won't eat his carrots, Moth's eating the cloth, and Sheep would rather sleep than wash the dishes!

This is that the reader will most likely have carried out many of the things that the animals are doing in their day-to-day life (eating and helping with the washing up). Children’s favorite foods and animals are combined in delicious rhyming phrases, making this story of the funniest dinner party ever perfect to read aloud. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.Tissue Paper and Empty plastic bottles: play plus fine motor strengthening, tripod grasp, defining arches of the hand, bilateral hand coordination, eye-hand coordination, colors, and FUN! It gives young readers the chance to look at the picture and link them to the words of the title, a good way of young readers creating an understanding that words have meaning. I looked at the book I got from Appu World library of Hyderabad and thought how it can hold my son’s interest, I mean the book was that simple!

The writing on the book is large and almost fun to read whilst the background is bright and eye catching, which is always imporant for children. As other Julia Donaldson books, the rhyming is still present, but what stands out to me in particular is the sentence structure.

This book is enjoyable especially because of the illustrations by Nick Sharrat, which bring out the comical elements of the story with the different animals making lots of mess and joining in with the preparation of the food. This creates opportunities for pupils to guess what animal may be next and thus gives them a chance to think and access knowledge about animals and their features. Written in a very interesting way to engage young children - Each animal is introduced with a describing word before it and the book has rhyming words in each sentence to capture the reader’s (or listener) attention. Known for his vibrant, witty illustrations, his picture books with Julia Donaldson include Hippo has a Hat , One Mole Digging a Hole , and Chocolate Mousse for a Greedy Goose .