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Non-fiction that makes you feel (with Mini Grey)
Non-fiction books are sometimes seen as factual, and not emotional. But I think this is far from the truth, and in this post I’m going to have a look at a few non-fiction books, and consider how they make us feel. The Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to debut picture book illustrators. Winning an award like this is exactly the spotlight you need when you’re just starting in picture books. A non-fiction book had never won before, but this year it did, with Kate Winter’s The Fossil Hunter.
The Magic of Pop-Up (or should that be Plop-Up?) with Mini Grey
The book: it’s portable magic – an object full of possibilities. With pop-up books there’s the possibility that the book is a Tardis: bigger on the inside. A world explodes from the book. Pop-ups are about movement: the book comes to life in your hands. Pop-ups are made possible by the structure of the book, that central fold that lends itself to movement and acts as the engine that moves the mechanism: opening and shutting so that pop-ups can hide away inside.
Our Story-Telling Minds (with Mini Grey)
(…and how they get us into trouble…) Books. They are a brilliant technology. Simple, portable, easy to mend. And they give us humans a total superpower compared to all the other animals: a superpower of collected minds, empathy and time-travel.
Books Are Launch Pads...with Mini Grey
We know that books are masters of disguise and can be many things. And one of them is – a launch pad, a starting place for new things. This week I want to look a little bit at the making-projects in schools that books can inspire. But first: I’m going to get into my time machine and zoom back to being 6 years old. What are my strongest memories from primary school?
The Story We Can’t Tell Our Children - with Mini Grey
In which Mini listens to too much radio and thinks about apocalypses Talking on the radio recently, Neil Gaiman recounts how his daughter Holly, at 4 years old, delighted in scary stories. She would come home, climb on his lap and dictate hair-raisingly creepy tales to him - which ended up being the inspiration behind his book Coraline. “That was what she loved,” said Neil of the terrifying stories.
Non-Fiction or Not Non-Fiction - that is the Question...
My new book The Greatest Show is coming out imminently. It’s the story of life on Earth, performed by insects in a shoebox theatre. It’s described as ‘Non-Fiction’. But is it?
Down at the Picture Book Corner Shop with Mini Grey
I love all things shop: I’ve always wanted to have a dolls house shop. I also love all things packaging: packets, boxes, cans and paper bags. There’s joy in the selling of cakes and books (those are the only things I’ve ever sold). I love toy cash registers. And in your shop you can transform the value of a scrap of paper by it having a picture on it – that’s magic. A shop window is like a theatre, lit up and glowing, beckoning on a dark winter afternoon.
Fury at the Farm (with Mini Grey)
George Monbiot lays the blame on picture books. Talking about making the film Rivercide with Franny Armstrong (livestreamed on 14th July this year), the environmentalist George Monbiot says: “When I say farming, what image comes to mind? Well, I bet for quite a few of you, at least fleetingly, a particular kind of picture flitted across your mind. A picture with which we’re surrounded when we’re very small children, at the very dawning of consciousness.
A look at Cautionary Tales with Mini Grey
How much violence is the right amount of violence in picture books? Or is it none at all? Is it OK for violent words, but not okay for violent pictures? And if so, does this mean pictures are more powerful than words? I came upon this Amazon review of my version of Hilaire Belloc’s Jim: for this reviewer the depiction of a severed head in Jim - was clearly unacceptable. Here’s the moment in full: Maybe I’d have been wiser to depict the head less gorily.
Meet the Monsters (with Mini Grey)
This week I wanted to look at those creatures that perennially inhabit children’s picture books. It’s time to meet the monsters. So off we go… The One Under Your Bed One of the first monsters you encounter is the one that lives down the end of your bed. And the one under your bed, and the one in your cupboard. They come out in the dark. You can sometimes feel their breath on the back of your neck as you go up the stairs. They stalk your nightmares.
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
Home > Children's > Books for 9-11 > Humour > The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice By: A.F. Harrold Illustrator: Mini Grey Published: 03-09-2020 Format: Hardback Edition: 1st Extent: 160 ISBN: 9781526618016 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children's Books Dimensions: 254 x 187 mm RRP: £14.99 Online price: £13.49 Saving: Save £1.50 (10%) Tell others about this book Lorem About The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice A riotous celebration of words and a modern take on cautionary tales – featuring advice...
How To Not Draw Things (with Mini Grey)
For someone who is allegedly supposed to be drawing things, I spend an awful lot of time trying to avoid committing my pencil to the page. In today’s post I’m going to gaze deep into the abyss of procrastination and pull out a few ideas for fooling yourself into drawing and making things. Being creative – it’s a risky business. It may go wrong. You may toil on something all day then realise it just doesn’t work. Time may be lost.
UKLA Book Award
The books selected for the award will be titles that teachers can share with pupils as part of regular classroom experience, eg to: Selection committees and teacher judges are asked to look, first and foremost, for well-written, engaging ‘reads’ and, where appropriate, outstanding illustration and design. If you are a teacher in the Oxford area and would like to find out about becoming a judge for the UKLA Book Awards 2020, please .
Climate Change Books For Kids
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use our website you agree to our use of cookies. Read our Privacy Policy to find out more. 14th February 2019 Our list of the 20 very best picture books, reference books and older fiction titles to help children understand the impact of climate change.
Turn off the TV: Picture Books for Adventure-Loving Kids
by ParentCo. August 24, 2017 My three-year-old and five-year-old love a good adventure cartoon. Whether it’s “Paw Patrol,” “Nella the Princess Knight,” or “Jake and the Never Land Pirates,” they don’t discriminate. I’m at peace with letting them zone out in front of the screen once in a while.
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