Into the Forest

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Anthony Browne". Author & Illustrator Archive. The Wee Web (theweeweb.co.uk). Archived from the original on 22 October 2008 . Retrieved 26 December 2007. There is so much in this book, and it is so skilfully put there, that it is hard to know where to start and difficult to express in words. This is partly because Anthony Browne’s great skill lies not in the words themselves – but what is not said and, of course, in the illustrations. Hans Christian Andersen Awards". International Board on Books for Young People ( IBBY). Retrieved 23 July 2013.

I think the illustrations in this book would stand out to children the most. They could look for the hidden pictures depicting scenes from fairytales within the larger pictures. I also think the colours uses in the pictures add to the mystery of the book and will have children wondering what else could be lurking within the forest and whether or not the boy will make it safely to Grandma’s house. Then ask the chn to think pair share what they think the first line of the story might be. Write them on the board. Works of art don’t exist in isolation. Readers bring a lot to a story, including their entire lives until that point, but also every story they’ve ever been exposed to. When an author points the reader’s attention to another text, this technique is known as ‘intertextuality’. Despite being an unusual book, it is a good example of a traditional story telling - written in the first person narrative with some direct speech and a clear “beginning/middle/end”structure. It would make a good model for writing – for example developing alternative endings to traditional tales.In this episode Kim and Chad talk about Julia Kristeva’s theory of “intertextuality.” New Books Network Rhizone Jane Doonan, "The object lesson: picture books of Anthony Browne", Word & Image 2:2 (1986 April–June), pp.159–72. D. Martin, "Anthony Browne", in Douglas Martin, The Telling Line: Essays On Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators (Julia MacRae Books, 1989), pp.279–90. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (MacRae, 1988) – an edition of the 1865 classic, highly commended for the Greenaway [11] [a] and winner of the Emil [15]

You would need to be sensitive to children who might not have secure family relationships, might have lost a grandparent to illness or have an absent parent, some young children might also be a little afraid of the forest and what lurks in it – however none of these things would be concerning if it were managed well.

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Eccleshare, Julia (28 July 2000). "Portrait of the artist as a gorilla. Interview: Anthony Browne". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008 . Retrieved 26 December 2007. He was a highly commended runner-up [a] for an edition of Alice in Wonderland (1988), [11] he won the 1992 Medal for Zoo [12] and he was again highly commended for Willy's Pictures (2000). [11] Browne and writer Annalena McAfee won the 1985 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, Picture Book category, for Mein Papi, nur meiner! (The Visitors Who Came to Stay). He also won the Kurt Maschler Award "Emil" three times, which annually (1982 to 1999) recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." [15] Browne was a winner for Gorilla (Julia MacRae Books, 1983), Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (MacRae, 1988) and Voices in the Park (Doubleday, 1998), as the illustrator of all three books and the writer of two. [15] In “Into The Woods” there is an unseen opponent. The boy’s own anxieties about his father at war are preventing his happiness. Plan

This would be great as just a read aloud book for pleasure – it would be important to show the illustration in detail though. However, there is so much in it to explore that it would be ideal as a whole class guided reading text for Years 2/3. In botany and dendrology, A rhizome is the main stem of the plant that runs underground horizontally. (And sometimes above the ground, but let’s not confuse matters.) Ginger is an example of a rhizone. How is literary intertextuality like a stem-like root-type of thing?

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Gorillas are frequently featured in Browne's books, as he has said he is fascinated by them. He was once asked to present a children's programme, whilst sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he completed the interview before being taken to hospital. [13] his character "Willy" is said to be based on himself. [14] Anthony Browne: Children's Laureate 2009–11". Children's Laureate (childrenslaureate.org.uk). Booktrust. Retrieved 28 September 2013. The Visitors Who Came to Stay by Annalena McAfee (Hamilton, 1984) – winner of the 1985 German youth literature prize for picture books in its German-language translation retaining Browne's illustrations Tony Bradman, "Through the magic mirror: the work of Anthony Browne", British Book News, 1984 Autumn [Children's Books], pp.2–5.