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How will you get there, Maisy?
Subtitle: How a children’s book sums up yesterday’s snow
According to the BBC News website we’re in for another very cold night.
I drove in to work this morning, but yesterday—which saw Edinburgh and Glasgow airports closed due to the sheer volume of snow; which saw hundreds of motorists spend the night in their cars due to the disruption on the Scottish roads—I worked from home.
Yesterday evening, at bedtime, I sat with Reuben on his bedroom floor and read him book after book. We read 5 or 6 books in all, including the book above: How will you get there, Maisy? by Lucy Cousins.
It’s an interactive book, which shows one form of transport and by way of clues invites the child to guess by which form of transport Maisy actually used. For example,
“How will Charley get to the farm…?
[There are images of a saddle, horseshoes, apples and the words "Clip Clop!"]
By motorbike?
[Lift the flap]
“No… by horse!”
And then I turned the page and read this:
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How will Maisy get to the airport...? By sledge?
How will Maisy get to the airport…? By sledge?
Yes!
