Set on a farm with lots of noisy animals, it includes rhyming and repetition to keep children engaged. One of the first books i read with my little girl, we absolutely love it, so much that i used it as part of my work in college. She loves making all the funny noises with me.

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my daughter loves this story, insists we take it to our local mums and tots so she can read it to all her friends. other parents have taken it home to share with their little ones It is also really great to introduce rhyme and patterns into a book, There is a nice repetitive structure to the book with a good natural flow, making it easy for children to follow and spot the patterns and rhymes. Daily Telegraph What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson has all her characteristic sense of fun and performance . . . every picture book by her is a treat. We love this book, my son because he enjoys finding all of the ladybirds and for the funny (spoiler alert) splosh ending and I love it because it is easy to read aloud and is a great story!My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. This is my daughter's favourite book, we read this many times during a day, she is 2 and a half now and can read it from cover to cover from memory, she even corrects me if I read the main rhyme "and the cow said moo" wrong, fantastic read worth every penny. With a cast of everyone's favourite farm animals, What the Ladybird Heard is a brilliant rhyming adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. This is a really fun and engaging KS1 book. This cane looked at in many different areas of the Literacy curriculum. When looking at fiction stories there is a nice link to baddies and heroes, and in this case the hero is small and clever as opposed to big and strong. My son absolutely loves this story, especially when I get him to make all the different animal sounds and leave him to fill in the blanks (as he knows the story word for word!).

What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks

The story is about a ladybird coming up with a plan to save the farm. The illustrations of the ladybird telling the animals plan is clever because the illustrator has lined up the animals and created a trail to each animal’s ear to show the reader that the ladybird is telling each animal the plan and their role in the plan. The animals on the farm are always noisy, all except for the ladybird who never says a word. But when burglars plot to steal the farmer's fine prize cow, it's the quiet ladybird who comes up with the perfect way to stop their dastardly plan! One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading. This book is my daughters favourite, we can read it that many times during a day, she is 2 and half now and she knows the book by memory from cover to cover, if I ever read the main rhyme "the cow said moo" wrong she corrects me straight away!! Fantastic

In this story we meet a very quiet but clever ladybird. The story is set on a farm where the ladybird lives with the rest of her farmyard friends. On overhearing two robbers plotting to steal the farmer’s prize cow, the ladybird comes up with a clever plan to stop them.

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Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all has overhead their plot, and she has a plan of her own . . . With brilliant rhyming verse from Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and bright, distinctive illustrations from award-winning illustrator, Lydia Monks, this much-loved modern classic is perfect for reading aloud.I like the way it captures children's interest whilst also conveying an important lesson of listening and observing - the quietest of all saves the day and you don't always have to be the loudest to be heard! Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. This book is about a ladybird that lives on a farm with many other animals. The ladybird never speaks until she hears two crafty robbers plotting to steal the prize cow. The ladybird speaks and tells the other animals of her plan to stop them. What the Ladybird Heard is a repetitive story with rhyming words and alteration which encourage children to join in. My eldest daughter got this for her second birthday and she adored it. Within a week she was finishing the rhyme with us and making all the noises. Great book to start the move from baby books into bigger story books. We loved it and look forward to reading it with the baby soon.

What the Ladybird Heard - Julia Donaldson

my son had this book for christmas he loves it i read it to him and i have to push the buttons at the moment as he is only 5 months old but he listens to the book from start to finish a good buy i would recommend buying it to share with your child. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).What the Ladybird Heard' is a clever and colourful children's picture book by Julia Donaldson which has her hallmark rhyme in considered prose. If you like Julia Donaldson's other works then you'll love this book as well. Julia Donaldson has a gift for writing stories to keep toddlers enthralled, with wit and wisdom and heart. A fab story about how even the smallest and quietest among us can defeat an evil, especially if they organise a team to work together for mutual benefit. my little girl loves this book. we read it nearly every night before bed - she likes to join in with reading the story. her favourite line is "be carefull not to wake the dog". This was one of the stories included in my show, “Gruffalos, Ladybirds and Other Beasts” which we performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. Here we are in rehearsal – Malcolm is Lanky Len on the left. Fantastic book for babies, toddlers and preschoolers as there are the sounds, voices of the characters, and use of loud and soft tones the parent can make, there is the touch element with the ladybird and "spot the ladybird" problem solving. The rhythms are great too.