Arnie the Accidental Hero | Kids Books Read Aloud | Read by a Native British Speaker

Описание: Title : Arnie the Accidental Hero
Author : Joanne Partis
Arnie the armadillo is not a brave animal. He is nervous, he is shy - and he is afraid of almost everything. Even bananas. But when his friends are in trouble, Arnie has to help them. He must be the bravest he has ever been!
Can Arnie do it? Can he be brave? Listen to the story to see how he manages to overcome his fears.

Suggested to questions: (suggested answers in brackets)
1. What type of animal is Arnie? (an armadillo)
2. What did Arnie like? (flowers, butterflies and sunshine)
3. It tells us that Arnie is shy, what does this mean? (Shyness means to feel a little scared when you're around other people. Just about everybody feels shy sometimes. If you're the new kid in class or your Aunt Betty wants to give you a big hug, it can make you feel shy. Nobody sits around and says, "Well, I think I'll be shy today." It is just something that happens.)
4. Do you feel shy sometimes? (you can discuss this with your child to give them an understanding of the word and also the feelings they may have about it)
5. What is Arnie scared of? (snakes, water, bats, thunderstorms and crocodiles)
6. Which one is he the most scared of? (crocodiles)
7. This is a good opportunity to ask your child if they are scared of anything, and about how this makes them feel. Do not tell them they are silly to feel this way, we need to acknowledge there feelings and find ways to help them through.
8.What scared Arnie first? (bananas falling to the ground)
9. How did Arnie's friends react to Arnie being scared of the bananas? (they laughed, again you can discuss this with your child, about if this is a good way to behave if someone is scared of something)
10. Where did Arnies friends run off to? (the other side of the island)
11. How did this make Arnie feel? (he did not like being left alone)
12. What did Arnie decide he could do? (Be brave and follow their footprints)
13. What scared Arnie first? (snakes)
14. What did Arnie do to be brave? (took a deep breath)
15. What frightened Arnie next (water)
16. What did Arnie do to be brave? (took a deep breath)
17. Which was the next thing to make Arnie feel scared? (thunder)
18. What did Arnie do to be brave again? (took another deep breath)
19. Where did Arnie run to next? ( a cave, a warm, dry cave, depending on the age of your child you could explain that the words warm and dry are adjectives here giving us more information about the cave so we can picture what is it like, this makes our own writing more exciting)
20. What did Arnie find in the cave? (bats)
21 How did Arnie describe the bats? ( as lots of upside down yellow eyes)
22. How did Arnie go through the cave? ( he took another deep breath and scurried through quickly)
23. How was Arnie feeling now? (not very brave at all)
24. What made Arnie feel better (the sun)
25. What did Arnie see in the distance? ( his friends)
26. What else did Arnie see? ( a crocodile)
27. How did this make Arnie feel? (more frightened than he had ever felt before)
28. What did Arnie do? ( he started to run towards his friends)
29. What happened then? ( he tripped and fell down the side of the hill)
30. What shape was Arnie when he was rolling down the hill? ( a round ball shape)
31. Where is Arnie land? ( on the crocodiles head with a thud)
32. Where did the crocodile go? (back into the Jungle)
33. What did Arnie's friends Parrot and Tortoise do? (they cheered)
34. Who was the most surprised that Arnie had been so brave? ( Arnie himself was.)

This story is a wonderful example of being brave for children and you can have a lot of conversations with your child about this. The above questions are just to help you on the journey of helping your child understand books and think more about them.

We hope you find this useful.

Happy reading
Ms Angela