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 Written by Roderick Hunt
Illustrated by Alex Brychta

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BEFORE READING DURING READING
Talk together Enjoy the story together.

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• Look at the title and cover. Ask: What If your child needs
do you think the family are doing? support to read the

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• Talk together about any times you or story:
your child have been camping. Ask: • Remind your child to

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What do you like about camping? sound out and blend
• Look through the book and talk about unfamiliar words from
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the pictures. left to right.
• Look for compound
words, where two
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About the words in this book word, e.g. moonlight.
• Your child should be able to sound • If a word is still too
out and blend some words, which
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tricky, simply say the

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house day made came your child.
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here very helicopter • Re-read sentences

to focus on their
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• Some words may be more challenging. necessary.

Encourage or model blending, then
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read the words below to your

child if necessary.
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Mr Mrs looked
called could See the inside back cover
laughed water for more ideas.
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Mum and Dad went camping. They

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took the children. They went to a farm.

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Mum and Dad had a new tent. They

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put it up. Wilf helped.

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Wilma got some water.

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“I like it here,” she said. “I like

camping.”
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Mr Jones was the farmer. He had

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to milk the cows.

“Come and watch,” he said.
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“What a lot of cows!” said Wilf.

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Mr Jones laughed.
“We milk them every day,” he said.
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Mum wanted some milk. She went to

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the farmhouse.
“I want some eggs too,” said Mum.
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Mrs Jones was expecting a baby. She

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was expecting it soon.

“It may come today,” she said.
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Dad cooked supper.

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“I like it here,” said Wilf. “It’s

fun in this tent.”
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Everyone went to bed but there was

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a storm. Nobody could sleep.

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The wind blew the tent down. They

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had to go to the farmhouse.

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Mr Jones called Mum.

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“The baby is coming,” he said.

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Mrs Jones had to go to hospital.

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She got in the car. Mum helped her.

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The storm got worse. The wind

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blew and blew. The wind blew a

big tree down.
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The car couldn’t get past.

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Mr and Mrs Jones went back to

the house.
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Mr Jones called for help. He called

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the hospital.
“A helicopter’s coming,” he said.
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Mr Jones pointed to a field.

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“The helicopter can land there,”

he said.
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Mr Jones got some bags. The children

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helped. They got some big stones.

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They made a big cross out of the

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bags. They put stones on the bags.

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The helicopter came. It landed near

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the cross.
“At last!” said Mr Jones.
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There was a doctor in the

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helicopter.
“Come on!” said Mr Jones.
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The doctor ran to the house but Mum

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came to the door. She was laughing.

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“Too late!” said Mum. “Mrs Jones has

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had the baby. She’s had a baby boy.”

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Everyone looked at the baby.

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“He’s very sweet,” said Wilma.

“Will he like camping?”
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 AFTER READING
• Turn to page 20. Ask: Why does a helicopter come

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to the farm?
• Point to some of the faces in the pictures. Ask:

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How do you think this person is feeling? What
do you think they would say here? Write speech
bubbles on sticky notes for some of the characters

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and put them on the pages.
• Ask: Which part of the story did you like best? Why?

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Text © Roderick Hunt 1996

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Illustrations © Alex Brychta 1996

First published 1996
This edition published 2011
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ISBN 978-0-19-848261-1
All rights reserved. Photocopying of this
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book is prohibited.
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Printed in China by Imago
Paper used in the production of this book is a
natural, recyclable product made from wood
grown in sustainable forests. The manufacturing
process conforms to the environmental
regulations of the country of origin.
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