a b c (Greenaway Winner 2008). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-08. Set up a greengrocer role play area and work out the prices for customers who want to buy different types of fruit / vegetable. Everyone can remember a time when grammar has failed them. The results are usually quite amusing, whether someone likes cooking their family and their cat rather then cooking, their family and their cat or whether a driver is being made aware of slow children crossing, rather then being told to drive slow because children are crossing. Grammar is hard but teaching grammar shouldn't be. Orange Pear Apple Bear it a fantastic book to use to show children the importance of a comma. It shows clearly how missing one out can drastically change the meaning of what written. This book would be a great classroom aid for use when introducing commas and as refresher for those older children who still haven't quite got it, or for those who don't really understand why they are using them. Gravett "realised that I wanted a career, and drawing was my only skill", so she began an art course. The family returned to Brighton in 2001, where persistence rather than qualifications got her an interview for the illustration degree course at the local university. She matriculated that September and graduated three years later. [1]

Emily Gravett (born 1972) is an English author and illustrator of children's picture books. For her debut book Wolves published in 2005 and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears published three years later, she won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal recognising the year's best-illustrated British children's book. Read the story aloud, taking time to talk together about the pictures as you do. Talking about the book is a good way to deepen children’s enjoyment and understanding of the story. Join in a b c "Feel the Fear and Win It Anyway...: Emily Gravett scoops second CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal". Press release 26 June 2008. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-06-29.Think about the use of rhyming within the text. Can you think of words that rhyme with pear / bear? a b c d e f g h "Emily Gravett: Kate Greenaway Medal Winner 2005". Press release 7 July 2006. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-12-01. After hearing the story a few times, children will get to know it well. Encourage them tell it to you in their own way, using the pictures to help them. Things to make and do Storyplay

As of June 2008, she lives in Brighton with Mik and Olly. [2] [3] She works in an attic studio "with views of the South Downs". [1] Career [ edit ] Gravett's books are interactive. She encouraged the pet dog to chew the dummy for Wolves "to simulate the impact of the wolf's teeth". That didn't work so she chewed it herself. [1]The front cover illustration shows the title Little Mouse's Emily Gravett's Big Book of Fears, a mouse looking through a hole it has chewed, and damage along the book edges. [5] Think about what happens to fruit peelings. Investigate what microorganisms are and find out how they help us. Children can use a bear animal toy and real fruit to retell the story. It’s a good way for them to get to know the story well and helps to make the book more interesting and memorable. Play a word game How many portions of fruit and vegetables should people eat each day? Can you think of ways of encouraging people to do this? For example, you could record a radio advert or write a persuasive letter from the National Health Service to the people where you live.

Carry out a survey to find out your friends’ favourite types of fruit. Can you put this information into a chart or a graph? A ge 0-5 A wonderfully simple story told using only the four words of the title plus one at the end, ‘there!’ These few words are used playfully and imaginatively in different combinations to enjoyable and comic effect. The book also shows how a little comma makes a big difference to the meaning. Emily Gravett is a multiple award winning author/illustrator, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. a b (Greenaway Winner 2005). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-08. Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett, is a lovely water-colour picture book about a bear and fruits, and how he plays with them, compares himself to them to finally decide to eat all of themThis book provides good reading material for young children or children in Key Stage 1 or Foundation level Stages of their education, as it is easy to understand (there’s only 4 words to the story) and the vocabulary in the book can easily be learned and remembered. Monkey and Me won the 2007 Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator for children up to five-years-old. [13]