Whatever Next ? - Jill Murphy

As an Easter present this year my parents bought the children Book Tokens. A fabulous idea as it meant that they could choose some books to add to the collection of the many books which they have already. For Murray it is often quite hard to strike a balance on a not too simple book and not too grown up for him yet book. He loves "Peace at Last" by Jill Murphy, so when I saw "Whatever Next!" by Jill Murphy, I decided that we would get that one for him. Whatever Next introduces us to the Bear family again. Baby Bear is peering out of the ...

Whatever next Another of our well read favourites, and having first been published in 1983, it has been read to all 3 of my children and to many classes of children. **THE STORY** Great opening line "Can I go to the moon?" asked Baby Bear. We like this because it is the kind of question children can ask when employing bath or bed delaying tactics and are looking out of their bedroom window. Mrs Bear soon puts a stop to these musings because she tells Baby Bear that he needs a bath first (typical mummy style) and that he would need a rocket. The bath appears to be forgotten, and baby Bear finds a rocket ...

" Whatever next ? ", is another book by Jill Murphy that I like. I recently took this out from the children's library and it was on the Tweenies story time a while ago. Its about little bear waiting for a bath but he wants to go to the moon. So while he is waiting he gets in a cardboard box and WHooshsh... ,up the chimney and to the moon... meeting a few friends on the way and stopping on the moon for a picnic before going home. I think this is a lovely story and encourages children of all ages to use their imagination. In this age of computer games, television and play station, children no longer imagine that they have something or are going ...