Dear ANORAK friends, Mother Nature never ceases to amaze us. She gives us flowers, trees, air to breathe, oceans to dive into and even… food! In this issue, we celebrate the tast ...

DRESS-LIKE-A-GIANT DAY What’s Dress-Like-A-Giant Day? A day we get to feel like giants by asking grown-ups around us if we can borrow and wear their clothes. NIGHT-TIME BREAKFAST ...

What you'll need: • 1 red pepper• 1 carrot• 1 small tin of sweetcorn• 1 or 2 eggs• 3 or 4 lettuce leaves• A handful of baby spinach leaves• 2 tomatoes• Salt, pepper ...

FARTLEK It means… Running at different paces. Example Josh had been readying himself for the forthcoming Anorak Marathon by doing some fartlek training, which consisted of runnin ...

What is an ape’s favourite fruit? An ape-ricot What is small, round and laughs a lot? A tickled onion Knock knock. Who’s there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you going to let me i ...

Willow Wildthing and the Shooting Star by Gill Lewis This book is about a girl called Willow. Her brother is ill so her mum and dad have to go to the hospital with him. Willow's fr ...

THE YETI CRAB Also known as Kiwa Hirsuta, this incredible looking crab owes its name to the hairs it grows on its claws. You might assume that it is hairy to keep warm but that doe ...

WHAT IS HERBARIUM? It is a book filled with dried flowers and leaves. The first herbarium is believed to have appeared 450 years ago in India, where different specimens of flowers ...

Guac the avocado was a sad little food, He lived in the fruit bowl and was always in a mood. His reason for always having a gripe? He could not go to parties, since he was not ripe ...

Rockie liked to sing. She sang in the morning. She sang at night. She sang to celebrate the rain. She sang to thank the sun for shining. She sang to passers-by, like chameleons and ...