Author: Gareth

Name:………………………………………….. Date:………………………..

Draw a line from the event to the reason why it happened!
Use the book to help you find the answers.
The first one has been done for you.

EVENTS

REASONS

The ships would toot to tell Mr Grinling…

it could get to Mr Grinling in the lighthouse.

Mrs Grinling put lunch into a basket and sent it down the wire so…

3 seagulls ate it!

The lunch did not get to Mr Grinling because…

that his light was shining brightly.

Hamish was put in the lunch basket...

to guard the lunch from the seagulls.

Mr and Mrs Grinling made mustard sandwiches...

they did not like mustard sandwiches!

The seagulls stopped eating Mr Grinling’s lunch because...

to try and make the seagulls go away!

The sentences are not finished! Can you finish them off?

1. The ships would toot to tell Mr Grinling….
Mrs Grinling put lunch into a basket and sent it
down the wire so…
3. The lunch did not get to Mr Grinling
because…
4. Mrs Grinling tied the napkin to the basket to try and…
5. Hamish was put in the lunch basket …
6. Mr and Mrs Grinling made mustard sandwiches…
7. The seagulls stopped eating Mr Grinling’s lunch because…

How do the words make you feel?

Match the words and phrases with their emotion!

Happy	Unhappy

Enjoy Delicious Terrible Sadly
He spat and hissed Shouted Surprise
Brightly Clear off! Jubilant Scrumptious lunch
Special Scavenging seagulls

How do the words make you feel?

Match the words and phrases with their emotion!

Happy	Unhappy

Enjoy Delicious Terrible Sadly
He spat and hissed Shouted Surprise
Brightly Clear off! Jubilant Scrumptious lunch
Special Scavenging seagulls

Name:………………………………………….. Date:………………………..

Write down the things that are the same between the books.

The Characters

The Pictures

The Title

The Story