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Chatterpack Anna Hibiscus, Hank Zipzer & No 1 are ... Great Friends to meet from Walker Books

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Chatterpacks are fun activities to get your children's reading club reading and talking about books. They are produced by The Reading Agency as part of our Chatterbooks children's reading club programme.

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Chatterpack Anna Hibiscus, Hank Zipzer & No 1 are ...

Great Friends to meet from Walker Books

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About the Pack

Meet Anna Hibiscus, Hank Zipzer, and No.1, three truly likeable characters from Walker Books who are sure to become great friends of your Chatterbooks group. These delightful family stories have such an accessible style making them a perfect read for boys and girls. And as the books are set in Africa and the USA, Chatterbooks members can discover and explore different countries and cultures.

The pack is full of fun activities to get your group talking about the books. Start your session with short warm up ideas and then try out the ‘worksheet’ style activities.

Top Tips Have a quick look through the pack & choose material to suit the members of your group

Get together a collection of books about Africa and the USA

Get together a collection of books about other countries in the World

Photocopy sheets to use as handouts

Be flexible and have fun; Be positive and encouraging

Organise activities as individuals, in pairs or as a whole group

Remember some Chatterbooks groups will whizz through all the activities while some groups will only need one or two activities to keep them busy throughout the session

Talk to parents about the session and about the books

About the Books & Authors

Hank Zipzer - The World’s Greatest Underachiever Series

by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver

A New York Times best-selling series about the everyday adventures of Hank, a smart, funny, resourceful, happy boy in the fourth grade who has learning difficulties. The books are inspired by Henry Winkler’s struggle throughout his education due to his own dyslexia.

About Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler was born in New York City. Henry’s role as “The Fonz” in the popular US sitcom ‘Happy Days’ made him one of the most recognized actors in the world, loved by all ages. He won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and was honoured with a “star” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Henry is also an ambassador of children’s newspaper First News My Way campaign which aims to promote greater understanding of children with learning difficulties. He was awarded an honorary OBE in 2011.

About Lin Oliver

Lin Oliver has spent much of her career writing and producing film, television and video projects for children and families. She is co-founder and executive director of the international Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrator. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.

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Titles in the Series

Hank Zipzer 1: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Crazy Classroom Cascade

Hank Zipzer 2: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Crunchy Pickle Disaster

Hank Zipzer 3: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Lucky Monkey Socks

Hank Zipzer 4: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Mutant Moth

Hank Zipzer 5: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Soggy School Trip

Hank Zipzer 6: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Killer Chilli

Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever Takes on the Universe (Includes The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Crazy Classroom Cascade and The World’s Greatest Underachiever and the Crunchy Pickle Disaster)

Anna Hibiscus Series by Atinuke; illustrated by Lauren Tobia

Meet Anna Hibiscus. Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her family. A delightful collection of stories about family life set in modern West Africa.

Titles in the Series

Anna Hibiscus

Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!

Good Luck Anna Hibiscus

Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus!

Anna Hibiscus’ Song (Picture book)

Welcome Home Anna Hibiscus!

The No.1 Car Spotter Series by Antinuke

Meet Oluwalase Babatunde Benson - No.1. He’s the No.1 car spotter in his village. The No.1 car spotter in the world! This series is about the irresistible No.1, whose hobby is car spotting but who is good at solving all sorts of problems in his village.

Titles in the Series

The No. 1 Car Spotter

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Firebird

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Car Thieves

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Atinuke

Atinuke was born in Nigeria and spent her childhood in both Africa and the UK. She works as a storyteller in schools, and in theatres, telling traditional African tales and reading from her books Anna Hibiscus and also The No.1 Car Spotter. Atinuke lives with her husband and two young sons in Wales.

Watch Atinuke on YouTube read from the No. 1 Car Spotter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwvi9MqjaLQ

Short Warm Up Activities

In three minutes write down...

all the makes of cars you know

all the things you would pack to take on a long journey

all your favourite foods and drinks

all the places in the world you would like to visit

all the things that make good friends

all the things that families do to annoy or embarass you

Alphabet Games

Go through the alphabet A, B, C ... and think of countries beginning with each letter. Eg. A is for Australia, B is for Belgium ....

Go through the alphabet A, B, C ... and think of towns and cities beginning with each letter

Go through the alphabet A, B, C... and think of hobbies ( the most unusual the better) beginning with each letter

Read through the stories then ...

Say five things you know about Anna Hibiscus

Say five things you know about No. 1

Say five things you know about Hank Zipzer

Say five things you know about Africa

Say five things you know about USA

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Anna Hibiscus Stories What 3 things do you like best about the Anna Hibiscus Stories?

What is your favourite Anna Hibiscus story in the series? Why?

What two things are similar in your life and Anna’s life ?

What two things are different in your life from Anna’s life?

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No.1 Car Spotter Stories What 3 things do you like best about the No. 1 stories?

Which is your favourite No.1 story? Why?

What two things are similar in your life and No.1’s life?

What two things are different in your life from No.1’s life?

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The World’s Greatest Underachiever Series What 3 things do you like about Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever series?

What is your favourite Hank Zipzer story? Why?

What two things are similar in your life and Hank Zipper’s life?

What two things are different in your life from Hank Zipper’s life?

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The World’s Greatest Underachiever Hank Zipper loves writing lists. Have a go at re-writing one of his lists with your own reasons. Be as silly as you can!

Ten Reasons why ……………..…………….. should not write a five paragraph essay on ‘What I did this summer’

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Have Fun Anna Hibiscus!

When Anna Hibiscus visited her granny in Canada she went on a plane. What would you take on a plane journey?

What would you pack in your bag for the journey?

What book would you take to read on the plane? Why did you choose this book?

What food would you eat on the plane?

Which book characters would you like to travel with? Why?

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The No.1 Car Spotter

Fill in the column with information about yourself and then compare your life with No.1

Name Oluwalase Babatunde Benson

Nickname No 1

Lives in Bush Village in Africa

Hobbies Car Spotting

Family Grandmother, Grandfather, Father, Mama & sister Sissy

Friends Coca-Cola, Emergency & Tuesday

Food Fried chicken, akara and goat meat

Jobs to do to help at home

Collecting water, carrying firewood, picking mangos, carrying yams

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Big World Stories can provide interesting facts about countries and places you have never been to. Stories can give a feel of what it is like to live somewhere different. What did you find out about the places where Hank Zipzer, Anna Hibiscus and No.1 live?

Find 3 interesting facts about the place where No. 1 lives

Find 3 interesting facts about the place where Anna Hibiscus lives.

Find 3 interesting facts about the place where Hank Zipzer lives.

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Family and Friends Family and friends are very important to Anna Hibiscus, Hank Zipzer and No.1. Tell us about your family and friends.

Who lives with you?

What do they do?

When does your family make you happy?

When does your family embarrass you?!

Make a list of your friends

What makes a good friend?