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Summery of picture books

The Toymaker And The Bird

• Author Pamela Allen• A man with a fiddle who plays to the birds• The pictures are drawn with pencil or water colour,

lots of hatching, rounded shape• The illustrations tell their own story • The most interesting picture is from deeper in the

forest • It’s sunset, the hills are pink and the trees are green

clouds the birds are streaming into the canopy

The Terrible Plop

• Author Ursula Dubosarsky• An apple tree ,a rabbit and a bear • The pictures were hand drawn • The pictures illustrate the words

Lone Pine

• Author Susie Brown and Margret Warner• Lone pine looks like a book about a pine cone

that was first to fall• Water crayons and paint • The role the pictures have are to show what it

would look like and how it would feel• Outcast and sad• The image has the pine alone

Mirror

• Author Jeanie Baker• About a boy’s life • The pictures are mainly collages; bits of wool , dirt, leaf and

paper• The pictures tell the story entirely• The pictures make the reader feel as if you are part of the

picture• One of the most interesting pictures is the one that has a

boy and his family unrolling a carpet

Little Beauty

• Author Anthony Browne• The cover shows a big gorilla and a small cat• The illustrations are sketched• The pictures show emotions rather than just the

story• Looking at the pictures makes you feel you are

on the other side of the room• The gorilla with the cat on his head is one of the

best pictures.

Rose Blanche

• Author Roberto Innocenti• The cover shows a little girl in a war town• Thepictures are drawn and painted • They show the little girl’s life in pictures• They make you feel sad• The last picture showing the remnants of war

covered in the beauty of spring is the best picture.

We All Went On Safari

• Author Laurie krebs• The cover shows Africans walking through the

safari.• The pictures look as if they are made with water

colours.• The pictures are to help little kids learn about

the world of the story• It is good that little kids can enjoy and learn

from both the words and pictures

Uno’s Garden

• Author Graeme Base• About Uno and mystical animals that share a

beautiful forest.• The pictures are drawn with pencil.• I think the pictures show that we don’t have to be

selfish.• I like how the pictures are detailed and beautiful.• I like the cover because all the animals are there.

Old Riddly

• Author Garry Crew • An old invention• A lot of the pictures are drawings combined

with painting• The pictures show more abstract ideas• The pictures are from Joachin’s point of view

and show how he is curious• The picture of the house on the first page is

one of the best images.

In The Beech Forest

• Author Garry Crew• The cover shows a very strong forest • The pictures are drawn with pencil• The pictures are drawn to give a rough

representation • The pictures follow the boy and are a bit scary• Page 27 the heart of the forest is one of the

best pictures from the book

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• by Django Nesh Eloise Hiller-Stanbrook Ruby Green “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”

Groucho Marx