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BEFORE READING DURING READING
Talk together Enjoy the story together.

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• Look at the cover and read the title If your child needs
together. Ask: What is Kipper doing? support to read the

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a sandcastle? • Ask your child to

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See the inside back cover
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This is mud in my hand.

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Put in water.
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Mix in sand.
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Tip it out.
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Pat it flat.
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This is a mud pie …

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• Look at the illustrations. Talk about what the

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• Ask your child to describe how Kipper made the

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pie. Encourage them to use words like ‘first’, ‘next’
and ‘then’.
• Talk about Floppy’s ‘hat’ and enjoy the joke

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Text © Roderick Hunt 2003

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Illustrations © Alex Brychta 2003

First published 2003
This edition published 2011
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ISBN 978-0-19-848095-2
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The Mud Pie

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Kipper Stories
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