She watches sadly as the bird is put in a big cage, on display for the ones who caught it. Girl saves bird (running in place) The girl and the bird devise a plan, and the girl slowly crafts a large rectangle that turns into a… magic carpet! She soars out of the cage and is free to fly across the countryside with the bird at her side. Stars (sanding star pose)

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). A girl is bored with her grey house full of grey people doing grey things. Even her grey cat is sleeping and doesn't want to play. They should include dialogue which they will have to create themselves, based on what they feel the characters would say. I miss Owl class," Mr Wookey sighed as he gazed at their work, which was popping up on his laptop screen. A little girl, bored of the monotonous and lonely routine of everyday life, seeks refuge and excitement in a world created entirely by her imagination. By drawing a

What would the world look like from a flying carpet? Make a picture map to show the girl’s journey through the landscape in the book. To help with this, look carefully at each image for clues about the next location – for example, when the girl enters the forest, the jetty can be seen in the distance. Can you draw your own imaginary World? I have listed some books with super imaginary worlds in them, if you haven't read any of them I can strongly recommend all of them (with the exception of Wizard of Oz which I have't actually read, but seen the film many times!) Imagine that you had a pen that could be used to draw (and create) real objects. What would you draw? Could you write a new story based on this concept? After reading you might ask them to jot down their initial responses: what did they like or dislike about the book? Did it remind them of any other books that they have read, or perhaps films that they have seen? Was there anything that they found puzzling, strange, confusing? Did they have any questions when they had finished the book? In class, ask the children to use their notes to help them share their ideas in small groups. This may be a children's book, but I can see it having much broader appeal than that. It seems to be popular among adults as well, and I totally understand why. It's fun, it's cute, it's engaging, and it's skillfully done. It's one of the best picture books I've read!

A young girl escapes her lonely, sepia-tone world by drawing a door that leads into an enchanted world tinted with colour, adventure and, ultimately, friendship. She takes quite a JOURNEY in this completely wordless picture book, with her magical red crayon as the key. In a little rowing boat, she sails along the canals of a golden-domed city. In a bright-red hot-air balloon, she escapes one near-misadventure and heads towards another. Finally, she lands in a cage after an encounter with a sinister crew and an exotic purple bird, and, as the crayon falls from her hands, all seems lost. Bravery, and a little help from the loyal bird, leads her to further misadventures a bit closer to home, where she finds she's not the only one with a magic crayon and an imagination. Why do people sometimes go on special journeys as part of their religion? Can you find out more about these? It was fun to plan out the sequence ahead of time, but some kids are completely able to come up with poses as they read or tell the story to themselves. That is an excellent yoga lesson plan and storytelling goal! How wordless picture books like Journey can be used to develop children’s oral storytelling abilitiesWatch this trailer for the book. Could you use multimedia software to create your own book trailer? Taken as a whole, his illustrations provide a rich and memorable reading experience that will inspire much in the way of thinking and talking, and make a wonderful starting point for creative projects of all kinds. 1 | Playing picture detectives