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Winnie and Wilbur: The Witches’ Sports Day

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Winnie and Wilbur are taking part in the local witches’ sports day. After training hard in their garden, finally the big day arrives. There is a high jump contest, an egg-and-spoon race, and even a cats’ tree climb race – but the main event is the exciting broomstick obstacle race. Winnie and Wilbur are desperate to finally win it this year having lost out to Maryam and her cat Malak the last two years. But when the referee is about to read out the results, a gust of wind blows them away! Will the witches ever find out who won – or could they discover that perhaps it doesn’t matter who won when you’re having this much fun?

Scan the QR code in the book to hear the story with music and sound effects! A spellbindingly sporty story that will have readers rooting for Winnie and Wilbur as they loop the loop and soar high in the sky. Korky Paul’s intricate and spellbinding artwork is full of fun, mischief, and mayhem!

The best-selling Winnie and Wilbur series has been delighting readers both young and old since 1987 and Winnie and Wilbur have become favourite characters in homes and schools all over the world.

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The Witches’ Sports Day is another classic tale from Valerie Thomas about Winnie the Witch and her reliable black cat Wilbur as they prepare to take part in the witches’ sports day. The story is told with the help of humorous and colourful illustrations from Korky Paul, which helps to bring the language on each page to life. Readers of the Winnie the Witch series will be familiar with Paul’s iconic drawings and this book will not disappoint, for readers will enjoy seeing and hearing the preparations both Winnie and Wilbur undertake in training for the races, involving her whizzing and looping on her broomstick throughout the pages. The vocabulary used within the book certainly links to elements of magic, including the well-known phrase ‘abracadabra’. The choice of language and sentence construction also make the story easy to follow, especially for older children in KS1 who might want to read the book independently. Some of the races that the witches take part in are similar to that of a traditional school sports day, such as the egg and spoon race, which will help younger readers to understand how Winnie must have felt at the start of each race. There is also a link to perseverance and kindness to others throughout the story, which could be explored through a PSHE lesson or circle time discussion. Overall, this was a very enjoyable, light-hearted read and it is bound to be another great addition to the Winnie and Wilbur series.

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