How To Use Our Books – Grandma Hedgehog’s Big Fun Quiz

Hi there! It’s Grandma Hedgehog here. If you’d like to enjoy sharing in Spikey’s outings in the big, wide world a little more, maybe you’d like to try my quiz questions (you’ll find them throughout the books) about all the wonderful and important things that happen and what you think of them? Which ones can you answer, and which ones will fox you? Ha ha ha!

Here’s what you need to know:

* The questions marked with a star are for those of you who are between four and seven years old, and they are questions about what has happened in the story (you’ll find the answers for these in the book you are reading) and what you think will happen next. But if these are too easy for you…

The questions marked with this symbol are harder and deeper questions for those of you who are seven years old and above. These are questions about what the characters (and you) feel, think and understand. You won't find the answers to these in the story, and they should make you really, really think. If you are a grown-up, you’ll probably find them challenging too!

“As an educational psychologist having recently undertaken research into bibliotherapy, it is apparent how books such as the Spikey series can really help children in dealing with anxiety and in supporting their mental health and wellbeing. My research findings also show how such books are an invaluable tool in supporting children's problem solving skills, and equipping them with strategies to help them overcome difficulties with social interactions. That these books are so well written and beautifully illustrated only adds to their usefulness both as a therapeutic device and as simply very good stories…!”

Dr Gavin Morgan, educational psychologist at University College London; Chair of the British Psychology Society's Division of Educational and Child Psychology