The Bear and the Piano

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Shortlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award | One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Shortlisted for the Children's category of the Books are My Bag Readers Awards 2016 | Shortlisted for the English Picture Book Award 2016| Longlisted for the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize, an important new illustration prize for children's books| Winner of the Illustrated category of The Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016. Letters of advice, short news-reports, writing in role, retellings, information poster Main Outcome: The Guardian -'This book is full of breath-taking scenes, from the stunning forest to the rich New York skyline.' Offline Resource – This is for anyone who does not have online access or if they wish to learn away from the computer screen (this includes both lesson 1 and lesson 2) When the bear is learning to play the piano, different illustrations show the same scene at different times of the year. Could you create a similar sequence of images?

Imagining they are the bear your child could write his diary for one day in the story – when he leaves home, misses his friends or realises they did remember him after all. Perform the story with music One day a young bear cub finds a piano in the forest. Gradually he learns to play, and the other bears love to hear him. One day some humans discover the piano playing bear and invite him to play in the city. Soon he is the toast of the town with his name in lights. But he misses the forest and his friends. This is a stunning picturebook with an appealing story about success, fame and friendship. If your child enjoys the story, there are two more wonderful books in the series The Bear the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle and The Bear the Piano and Little Bear’s Concert to enjoy. Share the story Read aloud A beautiful story about enduring friendship, accompanied by big, dramatic illustrations.' Saffia Farr Juno The bear plays his piano on Broadway. Where is this? Can you find out more about it and write a travel guide? The bear sees something ‘that made his fur stand on end’. What does this mean? Have you ever felt a similar feeling?Families can talk about music. What kind of music do you like? Why do you think all the bears and people in the city like music and gather to listen? The author’s heroes and biggest influences are Albert Uderzo, Jon Klassen and Shaun Tan. Can you find out more about these people? Can you see any of their influences in this book?

In several parts of the story the text is separated into short sections, for example when he learns to play the piano and when he performs in the concert. This is very supportive for young readers; you could encourage your child to join in with these or take over the reading here. Talk about the story this book is heart warming and full of real life things. This book helped me know what it feels like to be famous but miss your family, me and my brother loved this book, he told me "Oscar why is the bear sad. " i said he should figure it out bye the pictures and this is why the bear and the piano is great the pictures are fantastic and tells you more than the actual writting David first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones ‘mash up’ comics for his older brother and sister. Since then David’s work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and on T-shirts. He has also exhibited his illustrations in both solo and group shows in the U.K, Europe and America.

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Before beginning the story look at the cover illustration and wonder together about where this story might happen and how a bear might be playing a piano. Read the story aloud pausing to talk about the decisions the bear might make, for example when he is invited to leave the forest and when he is sitting on the roof in the city lost in thought. Join in Make a poster announcing a concert with the famous bear and the piano – either in the big city or for the animals in the forest. You could look at the illustrations for ideas use A4 or A3 paper, felt tip pens or crayons. Be storytellers A 3 to 4 week unit using David Litchfield's beautiful picture book 'The Bear and the Piano'. We taught in Year 2 but I am sure it can be adapted for other year groups. It wouldn't let me upload any more files so just to say in the last week we then went on to write our own versions of the story, which the kids loved; we had a skateboarding bunny and a cello playing owl. A new picture book version of Michael Morpurgo’s classic children’s novel War Horse, this shortened, illustrated version is full of emotion and drama. Litchfield has created a terrific picture book that tells a full story arc that children and adults will appreciate. The book speaks to the transforming nature of music, the longing for something greater and more, and then the longing to return to one’s origins and roots. It is also about talent and setting someone free to pursue their dreams. The entire book has a tugging nature to it, a bear caught between two worlds and the desire for exploration and the continued tie to home. It is beautifully done.

This is a moving tale of exploration and belonging from an exciting debut author-illustrator, boasting some beautiful artwork. It's a striking picture book to enjoy over and over again. David Litchfield first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones 'mash up' comics for his older brother and sister. Since then David's work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and on T-shirts. He has also exhibited his illustrations in both solo and group shows in the U.K, Europe and America. The Bear and the Pianowas his first picture book. David lives in Bedford with his family.A moving tale of exploration and belonging from an exciting debut author-illustrator. About This Edition ISBN: Found a couple of copies of this on a table at work with a sign saying "Free to those with kids" no idea who put them there, this looked like an interesting book so a nabbed a copy. David’s author/illustrator picture books ‘The Bear & The Piano’ ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’ and ‘The Bear, The Piano, The Dog & The Fiddle’ are out now. Write a letter from the bear to his family at the point when he is recording albums and winning awards for his music.

Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the Transylvanian Express - and it's up to you to solve the case! Part of the Solve Your Own Mystery seri... When you watch the full animation, listen out for the following pieces of music and learn more about the composers who wrote them. You’ll be surprised how many you will recognise:Can you think of ways that your own family and friends are proud of you? Do you like to save souvenirs of the things you've accomplished or done? Find out more about the author’s A Drawing a Day project. Could you try to create a drawing every day? This is a three-sessionspelling seed for the book The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014. PRELUDE IN C – This was written by J.S Bach, a German composer, in the 1700s. Bach had 20 Children. Imagine Christmas day at his house! The Bear and the Piano story is a good, pretty good encouraging story for young children to persevere, not give up on their dreams, and keep practicing and doing what makes them happy. The bear finds something he had never seen before. He can play it until the little girl and her dad tells him what it is called, and the bear becomes famous and soon sell out theatres. Although