The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark: as read by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge on CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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The duchess, who is the royal patron of Place2Be, a children's mental health charity, will appear on the CBeebies show to mark Children's Mental Health Week.

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark: as read by HRH The

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark is a children's book by Jill Tomlinson, of which there is also an audio version read by Maureen Lipman.Once your child has moved on from The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, why not pick their favourite book to create your own reading comprehension exercise?

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Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing–he is afraid of the dark. You may also wish to take a look at the Learning at Home pages for The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark.Reading comprehension activities are essential in any literacy class, and there are many reasons why. It's such a special and relevant tale and perfectly represents this years' Children's Mental Health week theme. On 13 February 2022, the BBC broadcast the story on their CBeebies Bedtime Story programme, read by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. It was published in 1968, illustrated by Joanne Cole, and an abridged edition illustrated by Paul Howard published in 2001.

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which follows the story of Plop, a baby barn owl and aligns with this year's theme of 'Growing Together'.

This is a great activity for independent learning, as it lets you work on other tasks while your child reads. Whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, being able to understand what is written on the page is a core life skill.

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Other big names lining up to open a CBeebies storybook include Bridgerton actor Regé-Jean Page, author Michael Rosen, Olympic athlete Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, astronaut Tim Peake (who read from space), actors Emily Watson and Ewan McGregor and TV chef Nadiya Hussain. I can't wait to see her deliver her own take on such a classic story and I'm sure our audience can't either. In the first chapter, Plop (a baby barn owl) tells his mum that he is afraid of the dark and wants to be a day bird. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy , external and privacy policy , external before accepting.

If you’re looking for materials to support teaching on The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, you’ve come to the right place. These differentiated comprehension questions are the perfect reading exercise to accommodate a range of abilities in your class. At the end, you’ll have a good idea of where children are with their reading comprehension and what they need to do to progress. The author uses the phrase ‘a fountain of dancing stars sprang up from the ground’ to describe the fireworks.