Helen Rutter’s novel, The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, was the deserved winner of the KS2 category of the Teach Primary Book Awards.

Author Helen Rutter appeared on episode 17 of the Author in your Classroom podcast. This accompanying resources pack comes from our friends at literacy website Plazoom. It contains:

• teacher notes
• PowerPoint
• extract from the book
• working wall display
• planning sheets
• themed writing paper

Children will have the chance to write stories of their own based on a character who is finding their way in the world. They’ll explore how they can show the character’s feelings and use humour to soften tricky situations for characters.

Also included in this download is a separate resource pack. This contains:

• lesson ideas and worksheets linking to English and PSHE

What is The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh about?

For The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh‘s protagonist, Billy Plimpton, the move to secondary school was always going to be a little tricky. He has a stammer, but still dreams of being a stand-up comedian.

If he’s going to achieve his ambition, he’ll have to overcome multiple obstacles, including a school bully.

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh is for any child struggling to find his or her voice, and a celebration of what it means to be proud of exactly who you are.

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