Look on a map to find the location of libraries in your local area. Could you plan a trip to one to choose some new favourite books? Make sure before you begin to read that the seating is such that all the children can actually see the illustrations. You can slowly turn the book as you read from above. This takes practice. I love dressing up and had great fun re-creating the characters in the book. Can you grab your favourite book and dress up as the characters in it? Maybe you could try acting out the story or even making a little video like I did! Create a pirate telescope Rowena the frog loved books. I thought it would be fun to use books in a different way. Have you ever created a castle out of books? Can you make one as big and cool as Zander and Neve have? In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluff. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.

Los cuentos que son mencionados van desde los más conocidos como son "Ricitos de Oro" o "La princesita" hasta otros menos conocidos como "La rana Renata" o "El pirata Patapalo". With storybooks the illustrations are the key to animating the text for the listener. For language learners they are all the more important as they can guide a learner to a better understanding of the language they are listening to.What was the ghost's book about? It was about a cosy armchair and boy called Charlie Cook … and he's still reading!

Carry out a survey of your class / school to find out their favourite books / authors. Could you create a report about the results? And lastly if your porridge was just right, how would you move? How would that make you feel? I think I’d be doing a happy dance! When you have finished your nest why not add all the bits you found to a big bowl or basin and make a magic garden potion by adding water. Make an alien from play dough I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs. Los cuentos se encuentran separados no solo por el texto sino también por los formatos en que se presentan, creando una delimitación visual entre uno y otro.Every pirate needs a telescope to help them find the treasure. Can you make one using the list of things below; In the book the spaceman took cake and his favourite book into space. What would you take with you if you went into space? Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. This book could be used in the classroom setting to encourage boys engagement with literacy. The main character of this book is a young boy called Charlie; this would make the book more appealing to young boys and perhaps motivate them to read. Furthermore, the characters in the story also appeals to boys imaginations. The underlying message of this book is that people from all walks of life enjoy reading, which promotes the concept of reading for enjoyment amongst children. The book can be used throughout key stage one and two. At key stage one level it can be read to the class by the teacher during story time whilst the children enjoy the illustrations, and then read independently during key stage two once the children become more developed readers.

Look at the way this story is structured. Could you make your own version about a person who reads a book about a character who finds a book about an animal who steals a book… ? The Bearo Annual' featured Sir Percy Pilkington and a dragon, who laughed at Sir Percy reading a joke aloud. 'Just Joking!' was a book about Rowena Reddalot (great name - must be on goodreads!), a well-read frog, who leapt into the library to discover a little girl reading. Rowena jumped onto the book screaming, 'Reddit! Reddit! Reddit!'.Cabe destacar que la historia es cíclica por lo que no cuenta con los tres elementos estructurales que caracterizan a los cuentos; presentación, nudo y desenlace. Look at the different characters shown on the front cover. What stories include those characters? What adventures might they have in this book? Describe the different types of books featured in the story. Can you find the story books, a magazine, a comic, an encyclopedia? How are they similar / different? Furthermore, the beautiful and creative illustrations add to the fun. This is a great introductory text to use as an example of a story with key stage one children. The rhyming throughout is a trademark of Donaldson’s stories, subtly introducing poetic language and new vocabulary. Each illustration reflects the type of text allowing children to see the difference between a comic, a magazine or a traditional fairy tale. This is useful as part of the national curriculum, key stage one children identify the features of different types of texts and produce their own in English.