Peace at Last (A Bear Family Book, 1)

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Recent productions include 5 years with Spitalfields Music designing for the Musical Rumpus Programme, Maanika & the Wolf (Polka Theatre), The Bed for LAT (Offies 2020 finalist), My Mother Said I Never Should for Crucible, Sheffield Theatres & fingersmiths and Paper Aeroplane for Half Moon Theatre (Offies 2021 finalist). Will is a professional Lighting Designer and has lit internationally and in London's West End. Will also works extensively as an educator, teaching Lighting Design at institutes such as Rose Bruford, Guildford School of Acting and University of Winchester. Recent lighting design credits include: ‘Beryl’ (Oldham Coliseum), ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (CBeebies Presents, BBC Television), 'Wave Me Goodbye' (Theatr Clwyd, Mold), 'Estron' (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), 'Gabriel' (UK Tour, Theatre6), 'Bear and Butterfly, 'Lullabub' and 'Luna' (Theatre Hullabaloo, Darlington) ‘Why The Whales Came’ (Watford Palace/Wizard Presents), ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’, ‘As you Like It’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ and ‘Comedy of Errors’ (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester), ‘I Believe in Unicorns’ (Wizard Presents, West End and Tour), ‘The Canterbury Tales’ (Guildford Shakespeare Company), ‘Moomin Summer Madness’ and ‘How to hide a Lion’ (Polka Theatre) ‘Hard Feelings’ (Finborough Theatre), ‘Mudlarks’ and ’66 Books’ (Bush Theatre, London), ‘Cinderella’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Aladdin’ (Hertford Theatre), ‘Dream Space’ (Shakespeare’s Globe) Watch this video which retells the story. Could you record your own voice reading the story with lots of expression? Between 2016 and 2018 she crafted new dramaturgies and libretti for three award winning and award nominated opera adaptations for The King's Head Theatre - La bohéme (Olivier Award nominated) Tosca (Off West End Award winner), and La Traviata (Off West End Award nominated).

In 2019 she founded her own company - The Opera Makers, with a remit of supporting emerging artists while exploring radical opera adaptations with stunning production values on a fringe budget. In 2021 she adapted and wrote the libretto for the charity's first major production - Hopes & Fears - for the Grimeborn Opera Festival. In the past year she has directed a Punch & Judy puppet version of La Serva Padrona aimed at children aged 4-11 for The Opera Makers, as well as a bold reimagining of Puccini's Turandot; the first production of this piece outside of Asia to feature an entirely BESEA cast. Look at photographs of night time scenes (see Resources below).?Can you use these to draw / paint your own pictures of places at night? Teach your little ones all about this popular children's book with our range of Peace At Last activities and resources. Use role-play props and masks to bring this book to life. Your kids can have fun during class and at play, pretending to be Mr or Mrs Bear and making up their own noises.

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She has recorded and performed several operas in concert with Opera Rara including Semiramide, Il proscritto and La princesse de Trébizonde under the batons of Sir Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi and Paul Daniel respectively.

Jill Murphy wrote and published 'Peace At Last' in 1980 - it was her first book. You might know Jill Murphy as the author of the super popular "The Worst Witch" series. Becca Marriott began her operatic career as a singer; performing numerous leading roles for OperaUpClose, The King's Head Theatre and Grange Park Opera (among others) to great critical acclaim. Mr. Bear has a long night ahead of him, but morning brings . . PEACE AT LAST story and pictures by Jill Murphy Booklist Reviewers' Choice, 1980 IRA-CBC Children's Choice, 1981 * \"A good bedtime read-aloud. . . . Rich, warm illustrations . . . create a properly somnambulant mood that both —soothes and amuses.\" Booklist, starred review \"Big, beautifully colored pictures leap with jovial surprises.\" — Publishers Weekly \"An engaging vignette of family life. . . . The pictures have warmth and humor, and the story is told in brisk, forthright —style with an appealing refrain. . . . Recommended.\" Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books \"Especially appealing.\" —The Christian Science Monitor Hardcoveredition available from Dial Books for Young Readers 2 Park Avenue New York, New York 10016 Find out about animals that are nocturnal. What do they do at night time? What do they do during the day? Look at the use of capital letters in the story. Why has the author written some words in CAPITALS?The moon is shown in a number of illustrations. Use a book about space to find out about the moon and how it affects us here on Earth. Sophia Lovell Smith studied Theatre Arts at Bretton Hall. She is a designer for theatre, opera, dance and interactive performance for children. Sophia has just designed SALT (Lighthouse, Poole & Angel Exit), The Worst Princess (Full House Theatre) and Little Angel Theatre (The Bed). In 2022 Sophia created Chasing Dots (MishMash Prods & RNS, Sage/The Glasshouse, Gateshead), Catch A Sea Star (Seaglass Arts) Handa’s Surprise (Little Angel Theatre) and Jina and the STEM Sisters (HMDT) and London Rhymes, a band making music for toddlers.

Our range of Peace At Last activities are the perfect way to support children's learning in phonics, reading and communication skills.Created by teachers especially for younger learners, these Peace At Last activities engage children with reading and help turn this lovely picture book into a learning opportunity. f Write a description of what it is like in your house at night. What does it look like? What does it sound like? What does it feel like?

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Mr Bear eats a sandwich in the middle of the night. Write a set of instructions to teach someone how to make their own delicious sandwich. Design a machine that might help Mr Bear sleep. You could use this example from Wallace and Gromit to give you some ideas: Mr Bear hears lots of sounds during the night. Can you find the words which describe these sounds? Can you think of any other words that describe a sound?