Angelica Sprocket's Pockets

Angelica Sprocket lives next door.

Her overcoat has pockets galore!

And you’ll never guess what’s in them…

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Look at the rhyming words in the story.
Make a list of the things that can be found in Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets and the different ways that each item might be used.
Can you find any examples of onomatopoeia in the story?
Add a speech / thought bubble to each character in the illustrations. What are they thinking / feeling?
Make a new set of pages for the book that explain what else might be in Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets.
Plan an interview with the author / illustrator, Quentin Blake. What questions would you ask him? Watch some of these interviews with him:

Measure the length of the different items in Angelica’s pockets. How long are they? How big to her pockets need to be?
How heavy might the items in her pockets be? How much would her coat weigh altogether?
If you were to buy the things in Angelica’s pockets, how much would they cost?
Look at the patterns on Angelica’s pockets. Can you create pictures with different repeating patterns?

Look at the illustrations. What forces can you see taking place?
How could Angelica’s pockets keep the ice creams cold? Can you carry out an investigation to find out what materials might help to keep things cold?

Design a new overcoat (or another type of clothing) that has pockets galore!
Look at the different colours of Angelica Sprocket’s pockets. Can you think of the different names that we give to various shades of the colours?
Create a new page showing something else that might be kept in Angelica Sprocket’s pockets.
Try to create illustrations for some of your own stories, or for another of your favourite stories. Watch this video for some tips: