Author: Helen Ward
Illustrator: Marc Craste
Deep and dark.
Potential link into bees - maybe a trip to Buzzworks.
Story sack ideas: a non fiction book about the environment or bees, a birdsong CD, an activity based around things we would miss
Saturday 20 August 2011
The Sad Story of Veronica Who Played the Violin
Author: David McKee
Illustrator: David McKee
Quirky and tragic.
Story sack ideas: a picture of a lion, a violin, a CD of sad and happy classical music, a non-fiction book about the jungle, sound cancelling ear phones, resources from the RNID
The Gruffalo
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
A rather surprising ending for a children's book - lying works out well for the little mouse.
Story sack ideas: a Gruffalo toy, a mouse toy, a picture of a Gruffalo, a non-fiction book about food, a story map of the forest, a matching grid game with words, a story CD or video.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Great for looking at conventions of stories and books. Fantastic typography.
Friday 19 August 2011
Susan Laughs
Author: Jeanne Willis
Illustrator: Tony Ross
Looking at how we are all similar and have similar experiences despite obvious differences. Encouraging empathy.
Story sack ideas: a puppet, a video from a disability website.
The Good Mood Hunt
Author: Hiawyn Oram
Illustrator: Joanne Partis
Exploring what we can do to cheer ourselves up, being proactive and the counter intuitiveness of our moods. Useful to look at verbalising and acknowledging how we feel.
Story sack ideas: a box of stuff, pictures of people in different moods, a girl puppet.
Potential for a 'Big Game' book based game. Possible words for the dice - lost gloves, lost toffees, lost money, old bones, old hairbrush, missing dinosaurs, sleeping centipedes. Requires a box and toys to match the dice.
Something Else
Author: Kathryn Cave
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Exploring and helping dispel the myth that there is a large group of normal people and a few outlying people who are different from everyone, including each other.
Story sack ideas: a mirror, a game based on finding similarities
Mister Magnolia
Author: Quentin Blake
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Story sack ideas: one boot, two odd boots, a trumpet, a non-fiction music book, a rhyme matching game.
Thursday 18 August 2011
The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs
Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Witty and menacing yet disconcertingly plausible. Brings into question the motivation of the press.
Story sack ideas: toys of pictures for the wolf and the pigs, a non-fiction book about pigs or wolves, a newspaper.
Mr Gumpy's Outing
Author: John Burningham
Illustrator: John Burningham
The most beautiful pictures in any book. The story follows the inevitable conclusions of many animals in a river boat.
Story sack ideas: A figure of Mr Gumpy, toys or pictures for the various animals, a non fiction book on rivers, a tea set.
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish
Author: Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: Dave McKean
Complex and glorious.
Story sack ideas: a swapping game, Would you rather...? questions, a map.
Gullstruck Island
Author: Frances Hardinge
Fantastic and thought provoking ideas on the supposed differences between religion, rituals and superstitions.
Northern Lights
Author: Philip Pullman
Interesting comments on the Church and religion. The opportunity to discuss and consider souls through the daemons and Iorek's armour.
The Wee Free Men
Author: Terry Pratchett
Subverting the features of fairy tales and the accepted notions of childhood in a humorous and typically brilliant Pratchett style.
Grandfather's Pencil and the Room of Stories
Author: Michael Foreman
Illustrator: Michael Foreman
The narrative is taken over by the pencil, the paper and wooden objects. Exploring changes through life and to places.
Story sack ideas: a yellow pencil, writing paper, wooden artifacts, a war photo, spot the difference game - old and new photos of London, London non-fiction book, a non-fiction book about the war or sailing.
All Join In
Poet: Quentin Blake
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
A lively, fun book for whole class noise making.
The Rabbit Problem
Author: Emily Gravett
Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Follows the format of a calendar and a family of rabbits. Their field quickly becomes overcrowded and signs in the book follow the Fibonacci sequence of the breeding rabbits.
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