The Bad Bunnies’ Magic Show

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When the great magician, Hypno, goes missing just before a show, his rabbits Abra and Cadabra step in to save the day.
But are they all that they seem? Or is there more to their sleight of paw than meets the eye?

English:

• Make a persuasive poster to encourage people to buy tickets for the magic show.
• Write a prequel to this story. Why couldn’t the Great Hypno perform his show?
• Retell the story from the point of view of Mr Abra, Mr Cadabra, the Great Hypno or the lovely Brenda.
• Plan a new trick for the Bunnies’ show and create some new pages for the book to show what happens and how it might go wrong.
• Write a theatre review of the Bad Bunnies’ Magic Show.
• Write a news report about the bunnies who tried to steal from their audience.
• Write a sequel to the book. How might the bunnies get their revenge?

Computing:

• Use publishing software to create posters, billboards, and advertisements for the magic show.

Design Technology:

• Could you design a book with fold-out illustrations like this one?
• Make a model of one of the magic tricks.

Art:

• Create your own illustrations of the Bad Bunnies performing a magic trick.

Music:

• Compose a melody to accompany one of the bunnies’ tricks. Here is one example of a magical, fantasy soundtrack:

History:

• Can you create a timeline that shows the history of magic. What famous magicians have there been in the past?

PSHE:

• How do magic tricks make you feel? Excited? Surprised? Nervous? Confused?
• Pause the story at different points and discuss how the bunnies are feeling. Why are they feeling this way?