After the Fall

This picture book has an interesting twist on the classic nursery rhyme - Humpty Dumpty, telling the story from Humpty's perspective. Humpty describes how he feels about his accident and how it effected him afterwards. It's an interesting, thought-provoking book which would appeal to children of different ages for a variety of reasons. Younger children will enjoy it as a picture book and to be able to relate it to the nursery rhyme whereas older children could get much more out of it. They could have some interesting discussions about how Humpty feels at different points of the story and why. The book is made up of relatively simple sentences with minimal text in places. This would provide a great opportunity to explore inferential questions with older children and elaborate on the story that is already written while the pictures are filled with details. The story seems to have quite a dark feeling behind it which could be explored by older children, however, it does send the message that you need to get back up from falls and make the most of what you enjoy in life! Picture book / Ages 7+ / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, teacher.

Suggested Reading Age 7+