Charlie Cook's Favourite Book: 1

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En mi opinión, "El cuento sin fin de Martín" es una historia original y divertida que anima e invita a leer toda clase de cuentos, haciendo descubrir e inclinando al joven lector hacia el género que más puede llamar su atención. Look at the way this story is structured. Could you make your own version about a person who reads a book about a character who finds a book about an animal who steals a book… ? From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there’s something for everyone in Charlie’s amazing book! Teaching Ideas and Resources: English

Cabe destacar que la historia es cíclica por lo que no cuenta con los tres elementos estructurales que caracterizan a los cuentos; presentación, nudo y desenlace.El texto es sencillo y presenta diferentes fuentes y formatos que ayudan al lector a descubrir las múltiples formas de comunicación escrita; cómic, periódico, revistas, recetas, entre otros. I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books. They could then make up their own titles – you could allocate one book to one group if time is an issue, if not it could be interesting to compare the different titles the groups come up with.

Charlie Cook would often curl up in a chair with his favourite book of the day, the first of which was entitled 'Shiver Me Timbers: The Story of an Old Sea Dog'. And in that book the old sea dog found a treasure chest, inside which was … yes, you've probably got it, a book! A listening task could be to write down all the words they hear at the end of a sentence that rhyme. They could do this on their own with the first listening and then put any words they have written down onto the board. Compare and find any that rhyme. They can listen again and see if they find any other words which rhyme with their word bank they had previously compiled. Look on a map to find the location of libraries in your local area. Could you plan a trip to one to choose some new favourite books? 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. Choose one of the book titles featured in the book. Could you write the story that might appear in this book?

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You could provide them with a few key words such as ‘ghosts’, ‘country’, ‘encyclopedia’, ‘fairy tales’ and ‘thieves’. They then have to match the key word to the book on the shelf. Carry out a survey of family and friends to find out their favourite books from the past. What favourite stories did your parents / grandparents read? Why did they like them? How have stories / books changed over time?

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. The Bearo Annual' featured Sir Percy Pilkington and a dragon, who laughed at Sir Percy reading a joke aloud. 'Just Joking!' was a book about Rowena Reddalot (great name - must be on goodreads!), a well-read frog, who leapt into the library to discover a little girl reading. Rowena jumped onto the book screaming, 'Reddit! Reddit! Reddit!'. You may not have the luxury of an extended budget from your school; you may have no budget at all. You may have a few storybooks in a school library or in a local bookshop. You will always have on-line bookshops with discounted books though and as a last resort, then why not invest in a couple of favourites of your own. You could always suggest it to your school as they may have only considered the use of text books and may be open to the use of real storybooks in class. La edición cuenta con unas brillantes ilustraciones, llenas de coloridos y tonos alegres, dibujos claros y definidos que dotan de atractivo a la historia. Cabe destacar que dichas ilustraciones se encuentran repletas de elementos, algo que puede ser muy útil para trabajar con los más pequeños la percepción, atención, memoria, pensamiento y lenguaje, siendo estas habilidades no cognitivas muy necesarias para el desarrollo humano en la etapa infantil. Así mismo, ofrece numerosas oportunidades lúdicas como la búsqueda de objetos, la clasificación, el descubrimiento, la creatividad, entre otras. 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.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. I found this book extremely captivating to read and feel that children of a young age would find it exciting because throughout the book we are introduced to many different characters and stories. One could imagine children integrating well with the book.