NATIONAL SHARE - A - STORY DAY!

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1 Celebrate uffin H - - D! n t What s happening: What s your favourite story? nything with a uffin on it, of course sk to find out more! Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors!

2 here s nuffin like your favourite uffin! Vote for your uffin of uffins from 1 June at Discover more about your favourite stories at

3 HW HV B U BHD o, you re having a uffin arty how pleasing! We hope you have a psplendid time. Here s some advice for getting the most out of this party pack, whether you have a compact bookshop or a huge library to play with! Be sure to advertise your event in plenty of time using the posters provided (and you can print off more from!) ncourage your team to dress up as famous uffin characters (is there a budding ngelina Ballerina or a super-cool rtemis owl among you?) et the atmosphere just right with balloons and decorations and a cake! nlarge some famous uffin covers and use them to decorate your space f you want to play the uffin ong on your ukulele, the chords are and. sy-psy! here s uffin ike a uffin his catchy tune is part of the history of uffin. veryone will want to join in when they hear it, and you ll be singing it for days! ind the song and lots more downloads at ote: here s plenty for younger ufflings to try, but they may need help from older uffins, especially where tricky things like scissors are involved. With this pack you can: afety first, glitter glue second! Colour and cut the uffin Birthday Card and recommend a uffin book to a friend ee how many parts of the uffin Challenge you can complete lay a uffin party game or three Write a uffin acrostic poem or a silly story Have a go at the highly difficult uffin uzzles ry and crack the uffin Quiz f you re feeling particularly uffish, why not download the uffin 70th Birthday Quiz from the website and organise your guests into teams? Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors! sst you can photocopy this sheet to share the fun

4 H U CH Wow this sounds like fun! ake the uffin Challenge! How many of these things can U do on the day of your party? Wear an item of clothing with uffins on nly eat things beginning with one of the letters in the word uffin! nyone for peas, ugli fruit, fish, rench fries, ice cream or noodles? pend the entire day waddling around like a uffin Dress up as your favourite uffin character. ou could be rtemis owl, the B or even the Very Hungry Caterpillar ake your very own uffin beak and wear it all day ry to quote as much of your favourite uffin book as possible during normal conversation! How long will it take people to notice? ell all your friends about your favourite uffin book 10 8 ead an entire uffin book earn the uffin ong and create your very own dance Design a new cover for a uffin book y name is and completed parts of he uffin Challenge! umber 1 is easy, do that all the time! o, number 2 is easier, only eat fish! Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors! sst you can photocopy this sheet to share the fun

5 ade by Cut these instructions off and keep them to one side (ask for an adult s help if you need to). 2.Colour in the lettering and the uffin in your brightest birthday colours! 3.old the paper in half and cut along the short dotted line. 4.old back the corners, away from the cut, then fold them back the other way.

6 5. old the paper back on itself and pop out the puffin s beak. 7.old down the outside of the card like this: 8. Well done, you re finished! pen and close the card to see the beak open and close! ow share your card by displaying it or giving it to a friend. Why not write a book recommendation inside?

7 H U QUZ U 1 What is a baby uffin called? a) uffling b) uffball c) uffy 2 What colour is a uffin s beak? a) black, grey and red b) red, grey and yellow c) red and yellow 4 3 Where do uffins nest? a) n burrows b) n trees c) n the sea How many eggs do female uffins lay? a) ne b) hree c) ive 5 How tall do uffins grow? a) 20cm b) 25cm c) 29cm 6 What does a uffin eat? a) ish b) Crabs c) eaweed 7 What other animal does a uffin sound like? a) itten b) Highland Cow c) Hippo can see the answers, ha ha! nswers: 1) a, 2) b, 3) a, 4) a, 5) c, 6) a, 7) b Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors! sst you can photocopy this sheet to share the fun

8 U f your party venue is big enough why not play some fun party games. Here are some popular games with a uffin twist. uffin ics plit into two teams and compete against one another to guess the 10 uffin books being drawn. he first team to get all the books first wins. Why not try drawing some of the following books: rtemis owl, he heep-ig, ittle Women, py ups, ercy Jackson. Charlie wins a golden ticket and gets to see Willy Wonka s Chocolate actory! whispering uffins fun variation on Chinese Whispers using simple synopses from classic uffin books. Whisper the short description to the next person down the line and then try to work out what book you described from whatever comes out the other end! Barley fins a poodle wicket and guests eat chilly wonky mock plate batty? ardon!? Draw our wn uffin! veryone starts with a piece of paper. ach person draws the head of a uffin. ext, fold over the paper so the picture is hidden and pass it on to the next person. his person must draw a uffin body don t forget the wings! old the piece of paper again and pass it to the final person who draws some feet on the uffin. ow unfold the piece of paper to see what the uffin looks like! Don t forget: the sillier the better, so use lots of bright colours and funny shapes! pot the dog went for a walk... he everending uffin tory ake it in turns to decide what happens next in a story, introducing a new uffin character each time. ry to keep it going for ages! Who knows what could happen and bumped into treaker, the hundred-milean-hour-dog! leeping uffins he perfect game to play at the end of your uffin arty, to calm all your little uffins down! et everyone to lie down and stay as still as possible. f they move they re out! he winner is the last person left lying down. Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors! sst you can photocopy this sheet to share the fun

9 H B U BHD CH! Can you write an acrostic poem using the letters in uffin! U n acrostic poem is one that spells out a word with the first letter in every line. retty Unusual un or maginative ippers! ow write your own story! wo of uffin s best-loved authors have written these sentences to get you started! Can you finish them off using your imagination? Cathy Cassidy he wind whips my hair into a tangle, but don t care, because from the cliffs above uffin bay you can just about see forever... Jeremy trong Joe had no idea how it happened, but whenever he sneezed he turned into a small elephant. his caused problems, especially at school... Continue on a seperate sheet if you need to... Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors! sst you can photocopy this sheet to share the fun

10 U UZZ here are 15 amazing uffin books hidden in the grid below. Can you find them all? C D C C J C W W D D H H W W D D V H C W rtemis owl eepo Caterpillar ngelina ercy Jackson atilda agic itten Hairy aclary pot Wimpy id ittle Women py Dog oomin illy olly andy ilverin ve found a agic itten! Well ve found Wimpy id! Help we ve lost our books! Can you help the uffins get through the maze and back to their favourite books? Celebrate 70 years of uffin and your favourite characters, books and authors! sst you can photocopy this sheet to share the fun