FArTHER

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A young boy, bewitched by his father's unrelenting passion to fly; a desperate craving that absorbs his every waking minute, finds himself entranced by the dream. A young boy, bewitched by his fathers unrelenting passion to fly; a desperate craving that absorbs his every waking minute, finds himself entranced by the dream. It is a high quality picture book where the illustrations say so much more than the words and can be a great source of discussion and inference with deep themes intertwined. Themes such as war, love, death and dreams could all be discussed as a class and the book deals with each of these very sensitively which justifies the recommended reading age of 5+.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A complex book that has several themes that would appear more prevalent the older or 'mature' the reader.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

I will always remember the day he left, the clothes they gave hm, khaki against the scarlet poppies' and there is a powerful illustration to accompany the powerful mental image. It could be used as a starting point for pieces of writing, either following on the story or by taking an image and creating a different story. This book is quite complicated for a picture book and so would be best for KS2 as it's quite difficult to follow and the story and meaning is open to interpretation. I think the use of colour on some pages are quite poignant such as when he goes off to war all colours are quite dark and bleak but the poppies are bright red.

Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc. These often thought-provoking stories look at the reactions ordinary people have to the unusual situations they find themselves in and feature a host of different illustrative styles ranging from collage to painterly Edward Hopper-esque scenes.

It touches upon the bonds between father and son, the tensions between freedom and responsibility, between reality and dreams. He has illustrated two other picture books for Templar: the Greenaway shortlisted Leon and the Place Between and The Winter's Child .The style of illustration in this book, a mix of artwork, photographs in a collage come together to create a most unusual picture book which explores the relationship between father and son in a particularly poetic and elegant way' - Librarymice. And why not try older children and use it as a source for a discussion - about families, about dreams and growing up, about loss, about poetry, about art. The pictures themselves are intricate and detailed images put together in a unique way using photographs and illustration which in themselves tell a story. There would have to be lots of talk used in the classroom and some drama activities such as hot seating to share thoughts and ideas on the story and to develop understanding.

Cleverly symbolic, underscoring immediately the conflict between reality and fantasy - a beautiful book. Poetic prose woven between beautifully intricate pictures makes this an irresistible, thought provoking read. Not only are the illustrations whimsical and creative and beautiful, the story is wonderfully touching' ― Myfavouritebooks. He has illustrated numerous other picture books for Templar, including The Rhythm of the Rain which won the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Greenaway shortlisted Leon and the Place Between . Using photographic collage and illustration, this is the first book that Grahame has both written and illustrated and the results are amazing.After reading the book I felt that the word 'farther' was perhaps used to mirror the father's desire to escape and be free, as well as the fact that he actually does leave when he goes to war. These are not minor finnicky points: books for children need to use better fonts to encourage the children to read, to be accessible to children and parents with eg dyslexia, and to be readable at bed-time when the lights are low. The text is easy to read and the images bring the story to life, but the themes are way too complex for a young child to understand without some questioning. Grahame Baker-Smith’s moving picture book story, illustrated with stunning collage artwork, shows how – with love, hope and ambition – you can reach seemingly impossible goals. 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.