Mrs Wobble the Waitress

Author: Janet & Allan Ahlberg

Illustrator: Janet Ahlberg

Publisher: Puffin

COLLECTION

Learning to read

THEMES

Empathy and Kindness Family Food and Nutrition

YEAR GROUP

Years 3 and 4

BOOK TYPE

Corebooks

Mrs Wobble gets the sack from her job as a waitress because she wobbles and spills food over everyone. She and her enterprising family turn their own house into a successful cafe with its ‘famous juggling waiters’. The whole concept of this series is brilliant - the format of the ‘Happy Family’ - Mr, Mrs, Master and Miss, gives a predictable structure and allows for meaningful repetition, and yet, in the hands of Allan Ahlberg, it is also often used to challenge gender stereotypes.

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