The Green Ship: Celebrate Quentin Blake’s 90th Birthday

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Two children find the Green Ship when they climb over the wall into what is more like a forest than a garden. Formerly a teacher (secondary and primary) and university lecturer, with over 40 years’ experience, Nikki is Director of Just Imagine.

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On the page facing the text, ‘I t seemed as though we were heading southward through tropical seas’, there is a sequence of three framed pictures. You’ll also be able to utilize my library for looking up titles to see whether the book you’re thinking about reading next has any objectionable content or not. Blake’s use of frame, double-page spread and colour provides an opportunity to discuss the visual literacy involved in reading picture books.A delightful story about children who discover a ship made of trees and bushes in the middle of the forest. The green ship was an intriguing book that helps children to use their imagination, inspiring children to create nature into a ship, den, house etc. Recommended to Quentin Blake fans, and to anyone looking for children's stories about games of make believe and/or intergenerational friendship. In an age when the internet, television and technology are becoming central to children's lives, this story shows the reader the excitement that the outdoors can bring.

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Is it the bosun and Mrs Tredegar garden, who are they, are they married or just the caretakers of the garden. During his time in the role, he celebrated children's books and children's book illustration with a range of projects and exhibitions, and conceived the idea for the House of Illustration, the world's first centre dedicated to the art of illustration in all its forms. When two children climb over the garden wall of a big house, they embark on a very exciting journey.The sadness in it is subtle enough for children not to notice, and has an underlying message that life goes on. The starting of the book would be a great example to use for children who are writing an opening for a story, as the description of the ship uses many literary skills. She is the author of Exploring Children’s Literature now in its fourth edition (Sage, 2019) and co-author of Guiding Readers, winner of the UKLA Academic Book Award (UCL, 2016). Quentin was the inaugural Children's Laureate (1999-2001), an experience he recorded in his book Laureate's Progress. Acclaimed British author and artist Quentin Blake, whose illustrations can be found in the work of such children's literature luminaries as Joan Aiken and Roald Dahl, spins a lovely tale here of two children who befriend an elderly neighbor, while on holiday, and engage in a marvelous game of make believe.