![]() ![]() ‘Knuffle’ comes from a Dutch word meaning ‘snuggle’, pronounced with a hard K: however, Willems has given readers permission to pronounce it however we like! You may be wondering about the titular character. Children can retell the story, make small changes in setting or character or write new adventures. It also provides opportunities for phonetic reading of nonsense words and extrapolating what Trixie might actually be saying, a motivating stimulation for sentence building.īecause of the simple story and language, Knuffle Bunny is particularly good as a writing model. ![]() Much hilarity can be created by a class reading Trixie’s babble. On realising that Knuffle Bunny (her soft toy) is missing, Trixie exclaims, 'ggle flaggle klabble!' which her daddy amusingly misunderstands. Knuffle Bunny is unusual in its depiction of pre-verbal speech. Although it is an American book, the spellings and most of the language have been anglicised in UK editions. ![]() The text can be enjoyed aurally or read independently by a confident key stage 1 reader. Misunderstandings between pre-verbal Trixie and her dad provide good-natured comedy. ![]() There are many great aspects to this book:Ĭartoon images layered over sepia photographs of modern-day Brooklyn create a simple, but not simplified world. ![]()
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