We're told at the beginning of the story that his Auntie Betty has been killed crossing the road and that the roads are becoming more dangerous for hedgehogs. He does so and, after the driver of a milk float almost crashes to avoid him, Max arrives home safely. S.P, The Mousebutcher, The Merrythought, Lightning Strikes Twice, A Narrow Squeak and Under the MishMash Trees.

Max's first attempt is at a zebra crossing, where he injures himself receiving a nasty bump on his head.

The story focusses on Max the "hodgeheg" who tries to devise a way in which hedgehogs can cross the road safely. He enjoys writing for children, meeting the children who read his books, and knowing that they get enjoyment from what he does. Still determined to fulfil his mission, Max discovers the best way to cross the road – with the help of the lollipop lady and some careful detective work. I quite like the Hodgeheg because Max kept trying cross the road but it wasn't the best place to cross if you were a hedgehog so Max tried to find a way.

So one day he readies himself at the edge of the path and when the man turns green he tries to run across the road.Max sets out to find a safe crossing which is proving to be difficult and dangerous, however he's determined not to give up. The length of this chapter-based story also means it is more suited to being an ongoing project children read over a number of weeks, with comprehension, reading with expression, retelling through writing and widening vocabulary being used at different stages as children progress through the book.

He is determined to reach the park where there is lots of juicy food like worms so he begins to watch the humans crossing. It can be used interactively for children to correct Max's sentences themselves and work out how they should have been pronounced.Before planning and writing, your Year 2 class will explore the features of non-chronological reports in the fourth lesson of this series. Children will then independently find information in extracts of the story and record what they have learnt about hedgehogs.

Max considers the problem for a while and decides that the best thing to do is run across the road as quick as he can before any more traffic comes.When he tries to cross the road he ends up with a bump on his head, which confuses him, and he begins to say everything all jumbled up. Children will need to decide which is better, making sure to look carefully for features of a non-chronological report. Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicy slugs, worms and snails! The next day, Max observes how the lollipop lady stops all of the traffic twice a day and allows the children to cross. Still determined to fulfil his mission, Max discovers the best way to cross the road - with the help of the lollipop lady and some careful detective work .