FArTHER

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The worthy winner of the Kate Greenaway Award, announced yesterday, is this stunning and highly imaginative picture book . The pictures themselves are intricate and detailed images put together in a unique way using photographs and illustration which in themselves tell a story.

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 .The illustrations are very effective, they're a more graphic-like design and they are very eye catching. A son remembers his father - his dreams of being able to fly as well as spending time together until one day the war takes him away forever. It continues by exploring the text through a range of activities that include explicit grammar teaching, opportunities for shorter written outcomes and book talk.

Much later, the boy, now a young man finds himself drawn once more to his father’s drawings and failed experiments. Illustrations create a surreal and sophisticated landscape that complements the measured cadence of the first-person narration. It takes a few reads to appreciate how deep and complex the message is, and has lead to a great discussion about the meaning of the text (and we're adults). The story is rich with the concept of duty, with the literal sense of going to war, the need for the son to fulfill what his father had started, and the duty to further this dream during following generations. 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.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. 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 the final parting with a new child and the wonder of whether or not he will have the same dream and what he will do with it. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.