“The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off – and they are nearly always doing it.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Today the Aardman film of Robin Robin is released on Netflix UK
Here at Edspire HQ we are super excited as we adore robins as they make us feel closer to Baby Tilda and we are HUGE fans of Briony May Smith
The book Robin Robin is utterly gorgeous and set to be a Christmas classic for sure. We will be reviewing the film and the book later today.
But right now please swipe through to see a selection of beautiful fictional robins in some of our very favourite festive reads. You can see the covers of all the books on the very last slide.
Is your favourite Christmas book here and do you have a favourite fictional Robin?
We would love to know x
Robin Robin. Today we have all fallen in love with a robin called Robin. Raised by a family of mice Robin is one of the family. The family are hungry and dreaming of crumbs to eat. They all know that the best place to find the best crumbs is the Who-man house. There is just one problem – the Cat! To be a successful sneaker the mice, and Robin, must …
“Leave no trace, go tiptoe pace
When sneaking into a Who-man house.
Keep to the shadows and never be seen.
Be quiet as a … MOUSE!”
The problem is that Robin is not a successful sneaker. She is very enthusiastic, quite clumsy and a little too loud. She needs to be more sneaky to get her mouse family the crumbs they need.
Robin decided to head out alone to try to feed the family. Things do not go quite to plan. With a CHIRP and a SMASH and a FLUTTER and a CRASH Robin is helped by a magpie and hindered by a cat as she tries to find her place in her family and become her true self. For while Robin will always be one of the mouse family, she is not a sneaker. She is a bird. A robin, with her own strengths and talents.
This is such a wonderfully warm and fuzzy festive story of family, of belonging and of being true to yourself. There is so much to love in this story. The repetitive rhyming refrains for children to join in with. The gorgeous illustrations filled with cute characters, Christmas stars and sparkles, festive scenes and golden light.
Briony May Smith How do you do that?
We all adore Robin and we also love Magpie. Such a fabulous character!
The mice are super cute and we have spent hours poring over the pages of the book admiring the animals wonderful expressions and laughing at their sneaky antics.
This is set to be a Christmas classic and many small children will relate to Robin who tries so hard to do the right thing and fit in but somehow always messes things up. But her family love her no matter what and that is a very important message for our little people … at Christmas and always x
If you enjoy the book and the film
Twinkl have some brilliant resources linked to the Aardman animation
The RSPB have Robin Robin Trails up and down the country throughout the festive season
And you could try making an animation of your own with Cloud Stop Motion
We were sent a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review