Scholastic Reading Ladder Level 3: Press Play
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Price: £4.99
Brand: Scholastic
Description: An entertaining story from former children's laureate Anne Fine, perfect for children learning to read. Scholastic Reading Ladder Level 3: Press Play - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Scholastic
Product ID: 109937
ISBN: 9781405282420
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Author: Ms. K. Holliday
Rating: 5
Review: Funny story, just the right level for my daughter
Author: Peacock Wings
Rating: 3
Review: The children wake up to find only a tape recorder in their room with the message “Press play” on a note. So they do. The tape informs them – in their mother’s voice – that she had to go to work early, their father came home late, so they have to organise themselves – with the help of the tape recorder, of course. The children run through the morning chores partly listening to, partly mimicking and partly exasperated by the voice on the tape. So, according to instructions, while Nicky dresses Little Joe, Tasha washes herself (quietly) to then feed Little Joe, which turns out slightly more complicated than expected. While Tasha changes her clothes, Nicky puts together Little Joe’s lunchbox, which sounds easier than it is and ends up with Nicky and Little Joe shouting at one another. Resetting daddy’s alarm clock becomes and adventure involving all three siblings, because Little Joe won’t be quiet on his own. After Little Joe has been picked up and a few more things have been done, Tasha and Nicky finally head off for school, relieved, as is the tape recorder. This is a very straightforward and simple story of all the things the children have to do in the morning instead of the mother. What struck me is that the children just do what the tape recorder says – they don’t rebel in the slightest. The taped voice of mother obviously exudes authority. But it is more than that – the book gives the impression that the tape recorder almost has an (independent, sentient) life of its own. It is on during the whole story and says exactly the right thing at the right time, as though the children were being watched (which is perhaps why they do the tasks set). This adds another, almost creepy dimension to the story. The end seems to corroborate this and thus is quite unexpected and open-ended.
