The Paper Dolls

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A picture book that seems simple but gets richer every time you look at it . . . Cobb's illustrations capture the joy of childhood; between them, she and the Children's Laureate have made a book that works like magic. I really loved this book. I thought it was beautifully illustrated and would really get the children’s imaginations working. The children could make their own paper dolls and write about the adventures they go on. The children could also write an adventure for the paper dolls that are made by the girl when she is a mum at the end of the story. Two more themes I latched onto this time were the power of imagination, and... the afterlife I guess lol. For the girl, it doesn't matter so much when the paper dolls are destroyed, because she can still play with them in her memory. They're gone, but they're not really gone, because she remembers them.

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Concerning the boy: I think the moral of the story is that sometimes bad people hurt us, but we have the power to control our own emotions and turn them into something positive.

Well, the book is simply about a young girl with five paper dolls who then goes on an imaginary adventures with them - until a boy came along and cut the dolls into pieces. Read the book aloud pausing when your child would like to talk about what is happening in the story or pictures. Pause when the boy cuts up the dolls. What would children like to happen next? Join in Partition de "Poupée de papier (Paper Doll)", chanson créée par les Mills Brothers et par Michel Roger pour le film "Trois filles et un marin"

The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson - Pan Macmillan

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Using a shoe box children can put in a few special things, objects, photographs and drawings. They could decorate the box to make it look special with wrapping paper and label it ‘my memory box’. Encourage your child to tell another member of the family about their memory box and what is inside. This would be an opportunity for older family members to share memories with your child too. Find out more You could help your child write their paper doll adventure story in a zig zag book and then they can illustrate it. Make a memory box Are there things, people, or places in your memory that don’t exist in the real world anymore? Can you give some examples?