Sneezes – An Archie & Doc Ted Adventure
Christine Titheradge wrote Sneezes because great books are what you want to share not germs. She is also a Workplace Health & Safety Officer and understands the importance of hygiene. She is an accredited coach for junior outdoor Cricket, Tenpin Bowling and Squash and knows a fun element while reading or teaching helps to keep a child’s interest in the subject matter. She is a NanMa, and best of all, she loves Bear Hugs.
Her passion for writing picture books began six years ago and has since won a scholarship to help with this process. Her goal is to create a sense of fun for the child listening and to create stories parents, teachers and grandparents would want to pick up and enjoy reading themselves.
Sneezes, is a fun comical story that shows kids the importance of covering a sneeze. Read along with Archie who is sick in bed and Doc Ted as they find out what interesting things could happen if they didn’t sneeze in a
tissue.
The story has a repetitive element which increases readability and gives the child the opportunity to use their imagination to
come up with their own fun situation of what could happen if a sneeze got loose.
Doc Ted was my black and white teddy from when I was little. My children quickly adopted him as Doc Ted to help keep them company
while they were sick in bed as he seemed to have magical healing properties.
This story rhymes with a repetitive element allowing it to be repeated along with the parent/teacher/grandparent which increases readability. It gives the child the opportunity to use their imagination to come up with their own fun situations of what could happen if a sneeze got loose.
Doc Ted was my black and white teddy from when I was little. My children quickly adopted him as Doc Ted to help keep them company while they were sick in bed as he seemed to have magical healing properties.
My intended target audience is 1-8year old Children.
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School classes/Teachers: I see this book
being part of the norm in Kindergarten, Prep, grades 1-3 and beyond. I can
envisage teachers setting up art classes for children to draw their own reason
of what would happen if a sneeze got loose.
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Disabilities: Teachers/Carers/Parents working
disabilities would also find it a fun way to allow their students/chargers/children
to know it is important to put a sneeze in a tissue or elbow.
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Parents/Grandparents/Guardians: Would enjoy reading
this interactive adventure. I can see a Doc Ted teddy in every child’s bed
helping them feel better like he did in our family.
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Doctors Surgeries, Hospitals & other Government
Medical Agencies:
GP’s, Paediatric Doctors and hospitals would love the ability for children to
have fun and momentarily taking their mind off being sick. They could even have
the Sneezes Teachers notes available for the children to have fun with.