Tämä kirja oli oivaa lukemista ennen pääsiäistä. Suklaaövereiden, sokerinsyömisen ja terveellisten elämäntapojen kontrasti oli kirjassa mielestäni tuotu esille loistavalla tavalla. Meillä kuulijatkin miettivät, oliko suklaansyömisessä nyt päätä, häntää, pyrstöä tai edes sitä suklaamunaa, mikäli kanoille tuli niin kovin kehno olo. The teacher assessment frameworks for writing place an emphasis on children writing for a range of purposes and audience. Teachers should use the language ‘Who’ are we writing to and ‘Why’ are we writing rather than purpose and audience. Children could design a chocolate bunny producing machine, drawing their ideas on paper or making a junk model.

How difficult is it writing something that aims to make children laugh and think? How do you balance the two? Talk about anything that puzzles children for example unfamiliar words or phrases such as ‘crank chocolate production up to the max’, ‘quota’ or ‘poultry’. Share what you both liked about the book – this might be to do with the story or the illustrations. This book was a delight, how it all first started with everyone being quite happy, with the factory growing, to Mr. Bunny going totally bonkers and forcing his employees to do stuff that no one should be doing (working day/night, no vacations, forced chocolate eating). Of course you can imagine what will happen! If not, well this book clearly shows what happens when chocolate hits the fan.

Job advert/application: Mr Bunny has advertised a job – write the advert. Write in role to apply for the job. Do children have a visual prompt of their audience? For example of they are writing a ‘Get Well’ card to Teddy, is Teddy on the writing table with a bandage on his arm? At EYFS, writing tasks work best if children can relate to the experience (concrete rather than abstract).

The illustrations, well, I think you can guess how I liked those, given that I bought this book because of them. What advice would you give to young children who would like to pursue a career in illustration and writing? Write simple, coherent narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real or fictional).Talk about how the workers in Mr Bunny’s factory feel in the middle of the story when he wants them to work harder and at the end. Write about real events, recording these simply and clearly write simple, coherent narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real or fictional).