Pie Corbett’s comforting reads: Reading list and activities for ages 5-11 years
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Books provide a useful tool that children can use to navigate the stresses and traumas that they encounter in everyday life, providing comfort and reassurance. Here we have selected six comforting reads: one for each primary year. Alongside every recommended title we have suggested activity ideas and resources that expand upon the themes found in the book.

The titles in this list are part of a wider selection of reassuring books curated by literacy expert Pie Corbett. You can browse the full range of comforting reads on the Scholastic Shop.

Ten Fat Sausages

For ages 3-6

Ten Fat Sausages

Ten fat sausages sizzling in the pan… decide to escape, if they can! Come on a great escape through the kitchen as we follow each sausage that decides to make a run for it. Will they succeed or will the cat, blender, plug hole or fan prove their downfall?

Activity ideas

Colour in and cut out these sausage puppets and use them to play number games, for example:

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