What a character!

At our last Assembly a storybook character turned up to speak to us.  See if you can figure out what story she is from.

Hello everyone.  I wonder if you have seen me before.  Do any of you know who I am?  No, I'm not Miss B!  I don't even know who she is but I'm sure she isn't this cuddly!

I will give you some clues about who I am.  I love knitting!  I love making scarves, especially black ones.  I give them away to my good friends like Richie and Dan.

I'm also pretty famous for my marmelade!  Sometimes my friend Richie brings his mates to my house to help me make a big batch of it. 

My favourite sport is rubgy and my favourite team are the All Blacks.  I'm pretty proud of them and I'm going to be supporting them during the World Cup next month!  Are you?  I've bought my banner already.  Have you got your supporter's gear yet?

Actually, I'm such a big All Blacks fan that the coach calls  me up to ask if I can help them with their training!  The ABs say that my marmelade helps them to win matches.  I'm hoping they win the one that matters!

Something pretty fabulous happened to me a few years back.  A lady called Helen McKinlay wrote a book about me and how I help the All Blacks!  A neat illustrator called Craig Smith did the pictures.  It is such a fun book.  You should ask your teacher to read it to you some time.

Now, do you know who I am?