Journey

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In this next idea, pupils combine their flyover tours with their hot air balloon to create their own travel adventures.

The more people that sit down and take in the pages of the book, the better off the whole of humanity will be. Make a word bank that includes words you could use to describe the people, places and events in the story. I checked my local library and saw that they had the first two books available so I decided to check them out. Instead, he and his editor and even his publisher took a chance and let the images and the storytelling do the talking. I know I was happy to see a girl as the hero of the story, taking matters into her own hands, going on adventures, etc.In this exquisitely illustrated book, an ordinary child is launched on an extraordinary, magical journey towards her greatest and most rewarding adventure of all. It of course owes its main idea to Harold and the Purple Crayon, and the idea that a kid with a coloring crayon can change his or her world. If you have baking soda at home (ask mum or dad), and a ballon you can add the soda to water and watch the chemical reaction inflate the balloon.

Simple art projects, involving a cut-out door and background landscape can provide another avenue for creative expression.

If you ever read my reviews, you know that I am not a big fan of wordless books (Bluebird being a prime example of my dislike). This activity offers the readers a chance to lend a voice to the characters,whilst using their own imaginations to bring the journey to life. I don't think the world needs another wallflower girl, so anything that nudges Emma away from the shy, second class citizenship so many women are cast into is all right by me!

They must not use any props, but instead use only themselves (eg – two people making an arch between them may be the cage which the girl is trapped in). After many years of practice, he published his first wordless picture book, Journey, which was named a Caldecott Honor Book.Journey by Aaron Becker is a wordless children's book about a bored little girl who's looking for an adventure. Unlike prose fiction which demands linear reading followed by the turn of the page, the picture book invites the reader to move around the page. For traditional oral storytellers the structure of a story is a framework that must be kept intact, rather like a set of bones.

Red marker pen in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon and a flying carpet which carry her on a spectacular journey . I've adapted this to the first person to use early in a unit of work about the voyage of the Mayflower. An imaginative adventure story whose elaborate illustrations inspire wonder, careful examination and multiple reads.Color or lack of color convey a lot of meaning and the gorgeous illustrations offer much to explore.