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The Skipping-Rope Snake - Carol Ann Duffy

Description: ISBN 0333993276 / Author: Carol Ann Duffy / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books / Skipping home is a piece of ... more

The Skipping-Rope Snake - Carol Ann Duffy ... cake - when you've got your very own skipping-rope snake. What can a little girl do in the jungle? Play snap with a crocodile? Join the dots on a leopard's spots? Pin the tail on an elephant? Or just pick up a snake and skip all the way home.

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... fairly enjoyable book although it does not rank as one of my daughters' favourites. The story tends to meander and does not engage them in the way that many of the very successful books do. I'm not really quite sure why this is, as the story is based on a wonderful idea so it should be really good. I think perhaps one of the problems is that it seems quite a mish mash of ideas so it doesn't really have a coherent flow. The book does have some very bright colourful pictures which are lovely to look at. There are obviousl...more

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The Skipping-Rope Snake - Carol Ann Duffy: Skipping with Snakes? Not such a good idea! (588 words)
by - written on 20/04/08 (Very useful, 140 readings)
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The Skipping Rope Snake is a picture story book aimed at young children and written by Carol Ann Duffy and illustrated by Lydia Monks. It's based on a fun idea about a little girl who goes walking in the jungle one day looking for a game to play! She tries playing joining the dots by using a leopard's spots, then tries playing snap with a crocodile and pinning the tail on an elephant. None of these really seems to work but finally she spots a snake which she can use as a skipping rope - hence the title! The rest of the story shows her playing with the skipping rope whilst the snake is looking on slightly aghast! The story finishes with the happy girl fast ... Read the complete review