Titch by Pat Hutchins

Titch Reviews

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  Hilary

  Titch has a brother and sister who are both bigger than him. They are faster than him and beat him at games and races. When they plant some seeds Titch finds he excels at last and his plant just keeps on growing.
  
  My feelings about this book are mixed with memories of an animated series of this book from several decades ago, it always had a depressing feel to it where 90% of things Titch couldn't do or things went wrong for because he was too small and the book gave me a similar feeling. This might be a book small children who feel powerless and left out can empathise with or it might perpetuate the 'you're too small' mentality towards little ones.
  
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  Lynn Davidson

  Titch is small, smaller than his older sister and brother. He is always having less important things to do, until they decide to do some planting. Titch plants the seed. And look what happens when something small grows.
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  Renee

  Fun for the youngest sibling when they want nothing more than to be big.
  
  Mother Tongue notes: The more challenging nouns are aided by the illustrations, while the supporting sentence words are basic for beginners.
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  Ali Hussein

  My favourite book as a child. Ah the memories.
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  Josiah

  This is one of the most memorable pictures books I have ever read, and Pat Hutchins strikes just the right chords in delivering her worthy message.
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  FM Family

  I remembered liking this one as a kid and got it out of the library to read my 2 year old. She loved it and we ended up reading it 4 times in a day. Just a sweet, simple, funny story about Titch who feels too little compared to his siblings. It manages to just show without telling, never getting into the feelings Titch has about being small but so clearly getting the point across with his siblings flying their big tall kites and Titch standing there with his little pinwheel. A great one for anyone who's felt too little to realize little things have a lot of potential, without getting too heavy handed about it.
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  Imaan

  For nursery and reception children this book is perfect .This book supports children to learn the concept of big and small and develop a deeper meaning that it does not matter if you are small , or you have small things they can turn out to be great achievements. This book would be great to use for children in science when learning about plants and their growth.Even though their were time’s where Titch seemed to be left out , he was always included . Titch may have not had the big items ,but he showed by having a small seed he could create and do something amazing too.
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  Sally Edsall

  An oldie but a goodie.
  
  Hard to believe this was first published about 30 years go. It is still going strong, and I guess that shows it is a classic. My 3 year old loved it read over and over and now he is starting to read himself, is re-discovering it all over again as HE reads the words.
  
  Simple, but effective illustrations which help move the story along.
  Terrific.
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  Jon

  Simple and direct in its approach and inclusive message for siblings. While youngest siblings will probably connect best with Titch, the generous cooperation between all three siblings, and how all three are included equally and without judgement of their abilities, is quite nice, and valuable to any child.
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  Cheryl

  Target audience will probably like this more. I kept waiting for the rest of the story, but there isn't one... it's just a long build up and then a punch line. And honestly, the picture is of a girl, not a boy (but hey & yay for non-binary, I guess... ;).
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  Dana

  A book that stealthy teaches big, medium, little - and how the littlest can have a huge impact.
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  Tracy

  3.5 stars, but big ones, probably because we read a bunch of crap this library visit.
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  Caitlin

  Cutely done, but nothing special.
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  Jane Scholey

  A lovely book about the pressures of being the little sibling. Love it.
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  Austin Wright

  A book that helps children learn to read. The story focuses on helping children read complete sentences with prepositions. The story does not rhyme. It takes two minutes to read.
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  Ammie

  This one had me laughing out loud. 🤣
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  Syntha Green

  A nice picture book about being the youngest
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  Lyla

  This book was kinda good.
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  Karen Dransfield

  (2022) A story about Titch who is the smallest and everything he has is smaller than his big sister and his even bigger brother. Until one day he plants a seed. A fun story.
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  Cammy

  Titch finally has something that is bigger than his brother and sister. Cute storyline for little ones.
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  Janet

  A brief story about a common childhood thought wanting to grow and be bigger. Great Pat Hutchins illustrations and the type a child will be able to tell the story themselves after hearing it read once.