Travelling Tales - Handa’s Surprise from Hope Education

Bring the story of Handa’s Surprise to life and inspire children’s love of storytelling with this engaging story sack, ideal for Early Years and Key Stage 1 classrooms. Designed to support communication, language, and literacy, it provides a hands-on way for young learners to explore narrative structure and cultural diversity.

Everybody loves a good fable! In Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne, a text that covers the themes of friendship and animals, Handa decides to take a basket of taste sensations to her friend over in the next village, but animals along the way have other plans. Your class are sure to love this cheeky and fun story set in Kenya, part of the Travelling Tales series from Hope Education. 

With Travelling Tales, Handa's Surprise, a range of resources can be used to explore other cultures in a series of lessons based around quality texts. We have included finger puppets of Handa and the cheeky animals, as using a multi-sensory approach to storytelling is beneficial to young learners, Handa comes across to help you tell the story in a memorable way. Also in this Travelling Tales sack are Story Talk sequencing cards that can be used by learners to re-tell the story and a traditional African game and instrument can be used to help pupils make cross-curricular links between their learning

What's in the Travelling Tales sack:

• 1 x copy of Handa's Surprise Book
• 1 x set of finger puppets**
• 1 x set of Story Talk sequencing cards
• 1 x traditional African game**
• 1 x traditional African instrument**
• 16 x Animal Masks**
• 1 x storytelling mat**
• 1 x Teacher Guide**
• Supplied in a convenient sack for easy storage

Contents may vary

• Supports EYFS and KS1 curriculum areas: Communication and Language; Literacy; Reading Comprehension; Spoken Language

• Suitable for ages 3–7 years

• Encourages multi-sensory storytelling and group participation

**Products are not affiliated with, or approved by, Eileen Browne or Walker Books Limited