Pocket Money
What's the book about?
Biff, Chip, Kipper and their family go on a camping holiday where Dad makes a chart so everyone can earn extra coins by helping with jobs. At the beach, Biff spots a special fossil in the shop and works hard to save up enough money, even though things don’t always feel fair. When she finds and returns a lost camera, her kindness inspires everyone, and her family helps her reach her goal in the end.
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Reviews
Ethan D, Age 5
This book is about
Biff, Chip, Kipper and their Mum and Dad are at the campsite. Their Dad says they have to help on holiday and do extra jobs to get some pocket money.
Biff wants to buy a fossil from the camp shop, so she does Chip and Kipper's jobs for them to get more pocket money, but Dad says she can't do that.
Later she rescues a photographer's camera. The photographer offers her a reward, but she doesn't take it.
Dad gives the children extra pocket money and Biff is able to buy the fossil.
The main characters are
Biff, Chip, Kipper, Mum and Dad.
My favourite part of the book is
When they find the camera in the rocky cove.
I would also like to say
I liked this book.
Eleanor, Age 7
This book is about
Biff,Chip and Kipper's Dad introduced the pocket money chart so Biff,Chip and Kipper could earn extra pocket money for their holiday so they could buy things from the shop.
The main characters are
Biff, Chip, Kipper, Mum and Dad
My favourite part of the book is
When Chip and Kipper gave their pocket money to Biff and when she bought herself a beautiful, old fossil.
I would also like to say
It is nice to be kind and helpful like Biff.
Angad, Age 6
This book is about
Dad had an idea. the pocket money chart told them to the children to all the works by sharing it. They went to the beach. they found some fossils. on the way back they went to the shop. Biff wanted a very good fossil. Biff had to told of and when she rescued the camera by the dinghy they bought the fossil.
The main characters are
The children
My favourite part of the book is
When biff gets told of
I would also like to say
I love it
Tess, Age 6
This book is about
Biff, Kipper and Chip were on a camping holiday when their dad had a good idea for the children to do jobs for pocket money. They went to the beach where Biff found a fossil. Afterwards they went to a gift shop to spend their pocket money and Biff wanted to buy a large fossil but didn't have enough money. She decided to do all of Chip and Kipper's jobs to earn more pocket money. Dad says this isn't fair but Biff ends up helping return a lost camera to it's owner but Biff does not take the reward from the camera owner. In the end, Chip and Kipper give their pocket money to Biff so that she could by her fossil.
The main characters are
Biff, Chip, Kipper, their mum and dad
My favourite part of the book is
when Biff finally gets the fossil she wanted.
I would also like to say
It seemed like mum stopped helping and doing jobs when the children started doing jobs. Also, when the family were packing up to leave the beach, Floppy was barking at the dinghy because it was floating out to sea.
