Katie Morag's Island Stories (Katie Morag, 8)

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Also included in this new collection are six folk tales, as featured in the popular CBeebies series, specially illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick for the show, and exclusively printed in this collection. After a successful tour of smaller venues in Argyll and the Highlands followed by a week at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in 2005, [26] [27] [28] [29] the production was revived as a Christmas show at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews in 2007, [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] and toured again in 2008. Grannie Mainland is from the city and always looks good because she likes to dress up whereas Grannie Island works on the farm and dresses in her overall and wellies. However it was not until 1984, three publishers later, that the first of Hedderwick's Katie Morag stories, Katie Morag Delivers the Mail, finally appeared in print inspired by her time on Coll.

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The book was well received, and three more Katie Morag picturebooks rapidly followed in the next three years. This book in particular is one of my favourites as Katie Morag is visited by her two grandmothers ; "Grandma Island" and "Grandma Mainland". Nevertheless, one American library felt compelled to apply marker pen to an illustration in one of the earlier books, in which one of Katie Morag's mother's breasts is completely exposed.She regularly visits primary schools and local book festivals, leading storytelling sessions and explaining how her books are created, often accompanied by Katie Morag's teddy bear who travels with her in his own black bag. Reading is something that is required every day, and getting comfortable with it from an early age is a great help. There was no electricity, no mains water, everyone grew what they could and the boat only came to the island three times a week, weather permitting. Shetland Rambles: A sketching tour (Birlinn 2011), retracing Victorian artist John Thomas Reid's sketching tour in and around Shetland. On the morning of the big annual Show Day, Grannie Island's prize-winning sheep gets filthy, and Katie Morag saves the day by remembering Grannie Mainland's ample collection of "beauty aids.

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You can use this book for ks1 as the text is approachable and the child in the story is the same age which gives a good example of comparing the classes lives to her life. However, the two grandmothers join forces together along with Katie to get Grandma’s Island prize winning sheep to be the star of the show again after it gets covered in Boggy Loch on show day. A comical story of friendship and family life, set on the Isle of Struay and featuring the ever-resourceful Katie.She has also written several books of travel writing for adults, and is the illustrator of a range of Hebridean stationery. You can use this PowerPoint to highlight similarities and differences between the two islands, one real and the other fictional. Find out if Castle McColl really is haunted, discover the identity of the hairy hermit who never visits the village, and join in the birthday celebrations with Grannie Island and Granma Mainland.

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I thought how rewarding it was that so many people have been employed on a project that started as an idea in my head 33 years ago.Located in the Inner Hebrides, this island is the real world inspiration for the Isle of Struay featured in the Katie Morag series. Grannie Island and Grannie Mainland have a lot of differences and therefore Katie tries to bring them together. I have read this book to many children and always get a good response from them, a funny and warm-hearted read! This resource has been made in line with Curriculum for Excellence at Early Level Experiences and Outcomes, so you can be confident that it supports learning for relevant Literacy and English benchmarks.