Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers. Look at the different colour and shades used in the story. Can you use different art materials to create shades of the same colour? This workbook does not contain any of the original illustrations or text - it is designed to be used with the book rather than as a free replacement. 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. 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.

Maths- here is an overview of the Maths planned for this week and the resources that you will need. I love these! Going to use them tomorrow with my higher ability year ones as an independent activity! :) My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.Other subjects- please find below an overview of the other subject lesson activities for this week.

One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading.come high up onto our tiptoes very quietly), he listened to the tunes. He put down the flumflum and he grabbed the Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA18131 Openlibrary_edition There are hints of Edward Lear’s verse in this funny, appealing and imaginative picture book. Julia Donaldson’s engaging rhyming text is perfectly accompanied by beautiful and quirky illustrations by David Roberts.

Granny caught the moozles. Make a poster to teach people how to stay healthy and try to avoid catching colds. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him). Julia Donaldson is one of today's most popular writers. Her bestselling titles include The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child and Room on the Broom. Although she is best-known for her picture books, Julia also writes longer novels, plays and songs. She lives in Glasgow and spends a lot of time on stage performing her brilliant sell-out singalong shows! lift up one foot, then the other foot, and one hand and no hands) and he found a crew: Rose and Stu. Granny came down Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-06-11 02:02:56 Associated-names Roberts, David, 1970- Boxid IA1823112 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierDiscover Julia Donaldson stories to spark the imagination of your little one, plus the latest events and activities based on her bestselling books, in The Gruffalo and Other Stories newsletter.