Who's in the Shed?

by Brenda Parkes

The farm animals try to figure out what creature is in the shed.

Genres: Childrens

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Dr. Brenda Parkes has written many books for children as well as a professional book for teachers about shared reading. She has taught in New Zealand and Australia and spent twenty years as a teacher educator at Griffith University, Queensland.

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book for reinforcing the idea of rhyming. Some of the children still seemed to be a little unsure by the end of the Walking Through the Jungle unit, so I tried again with this book. The structure of the book also lends itself to practicing prediction as well as reading chorally. I read this book a number of times to the class over the course of the week and the children didn't seem to tire of it (although that may have been because they knew I was going to make them all jump at the end!). The book also allows for discussion around verbs.

What the book lacks in illustrative charm, it makes up for in rhythm, rhyme and style! Try it out!

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read that works cutouts to help slowly build up the climax of the story and keeps children interested since the first page which is just a bunch of eyes looking out of the black night.

The story is for developing young readers who are probably in the middle of learning to pack as the story is much longer than starters while has a few words that they may need help with. Some words or phrases have been put in bold while others appear in italics. Furthermore to help young readers a good chunk of the story is repeated whether it is the formulaic action or the repeated comments of the animals.

Each page is fully illustrated, detailed and brightly colored for as much as a night scene as you can get. The cutouts once they have gone past their purpose just add an artistic element from the page before like almost all other types of books like this before it.

To me I feel that children should really enjoy this book and have some fun with it, especially on the first read-through when they have no idea who got dropped off in the middle of the night.

[K Lorrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book stands out because it was a book I helped my former teacher read to the class during the summer before I went to 7th grade.

It has onomatopoeia for some of the sounds, and that alone makes it worth reading. Plus, they have a large group book copy (as large as a group hallmark card) and smaller ones.

I enjoyed this book as it's a mystery, but also fun and, also educational.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read aloud book for encouraging children to make predictions while reading. Though I still wonder why anyone would put a bear in a shed.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very fun book to read to my 3 year old granddaughter... anticipation as to what the animals saw was fun. AS you turn each page you can see an eye, a mouth, etc until you turn the page and see the circus bear! My granddaughter said "AHHH! " then giggled. Pretty easy book for an independant beginning reader as well.