FArTHER

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This book tells the story of a father and son and a dream to fly. The father is possessed with an unrelenting desire to fly which he never achieves. When the father goes off to war and doesn’t return, the dream of flying passes on to his son. The first thing I will comment on are the illustrations. They are incredible. Using photographic collage and illustration, this is the first book that Grahame has both written and illustrated and the results are amazing. The illustrations really do bring this picture book to life and the size of the book make it perfect for reading to groups of children. All he wants is to fly and he spends his time creating beautiful wings to carry him away from this place.

Introduce gravity, resistance' ...'Understand location and interaction of Sun, Earth and Moon' ...Use understanding of Science as criteria for creating the wings in D&T Mathematics Ancient Greece The story of Daedalus and Icarus. Explore how this story runs in parallel with part of the story (where the Father builds wings etc.) Design and Technology This stunning picture book by significant author Grahame Baker-Smith won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2011 and explores the relationship between a father a son. Close inspection of the text and illustrations provides subtle links to World War One and ancient Greece, in particular the story of Icarus, as well as strong links to the DT curriculum. There are many opportunities to discuss family relationships, memories and following your dreams. Links and themes: Children's thoughts about the book- picture of front of book and children to add post-it thoughts as book is explored One day this father is called away to war, leaving his wife and son alone. The years pass and the boy grows to become part of the dream to fly away and, after some adjustment to the wings, he makes it happen.Publishing a Greenaway Medal Winner is a triumph for a small publisher like Templar Publishing. Managing Director Amanda Wood said she was delighted and paid tribute to Templar’s Art Director, Mike Jolley. She also said it was a huge privilege for the company to work with the author, Grahame Baker-Smith. Notes: Based for a year 5 Linguistic features. Use the New National Curriculum to focus on: Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation /

Exciting book display- copies of book, audio recording of it being read, images of Ancient Greek myth Using photographic collage and illustration, this is the first book that Grahame has written and illustrated. Constantly experimenting with different styles of illustration, Grahame likes to challenge the conventional boundaries with his artwork. About This Edition ISBN: Receptive Context: Think about how you can use the room to excite and engage the children into wanting to explore the book and anything related to it more. How can you wow them when they first walk in? Before: This story truly makes you feel both the sadness and the joy with which this young boy lives, and which is passed from generation to generation in this family. The winning book, Farther by Grahame Baker-Smith, tells the story of how a son takes up his father’s unfulfilled dreams of flying, and finally takes to the air.Asking children prior to display who inspires them and why and then collate information and add to display/around the classroom Have picture of each character displayed and as the book is explored things about that character are revealed and put around the character... mainly looking at strength in relationships Use research and criteria to develop products which are fit for purpose and aimed at specific groups' This three-week Writing Root begins by introducing the concept of dreams and how important they are in our lives. It continues by exploring the text through a range of activities that include explicit grammar teaching, opportunities for shorter written outcomes and book talk. Children create a story-map of the key events from the book to write a sequel and create a set of instruction to describe how their own flying machine works. Children finish by writing a longer story about an adventure in a sequel to the text. Synopsis of Text:

This is the story of a boy whose father is so close to him, yet so far away in spirit. A man whose days and nights are spent dreaming of flying away from the little house on the cliff. Cross Curricular Opportunities: Use the curriculum jigsaw and copies of the NC to help you see relevant links to the text. History FArTHER is the story of a father who dreams of flying. However, when he goes to war and does not return, his son attempts to finish where he left off and makes his dream come true. Winner of the 2012 Greenaway award, this truly is an inspirational story showing how any dream can be fulfilled with love and motivation. FArTHER is another beautiful book by Grahame Baker-Smith – whose first picture book for Templar, Leon and the Place Between (written by Angela McAllister) received critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the 2010 Greenaway Award.

About Grahame Baker-Smith

written by Angela McAllister. Farther, which uses photographic collage and illustration, is the first book that Grahame has written and illustrated. It won the Greenaway Medal in 2011. Constantly experimenting with different styles of illustration, Grahame likes to challenge the conventional boundaries with his artwork.

Through the unit, the children focus on characterisation and make inferences about the author’s perspective on a particular character and finally write a new version or scene for the story in the style of the author. Alternatively, this unit could be taught in the Spring term when the shortlist for 2012 is announced. Other book awards could be substituted, for example the UKLA awards, or awards run by local libraries. This is a picture book for children of ages 8 and upwards. Although it doesn’t contain a lot of text, the words are beautifully woven into the pictures using different fonts and text sizes. The pictures themselves are intricate and detailed images put together in a unique way using photographs and illustration which in themselves tell a story. I found myself asking questions about the images and even making up a little more of the story in my head. I am lost for words. This book… its illustrations are pure and magical, an intriguing mix of realism and fantasy. Its words are stunning and the reader feels pulled into this world completely.

The essence of dreams is captured, the wonder, the danger, power and draw of dreaming big and being all consumed by the possibilities of the imagination. The sharing of dreams, yet the absolute loneliness of such a vision.