Augustus and His Smile

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Here are some of our favourite 'tiger' books for you to share with your little one, full of fantastic drawings of this iconic creature. Award-winning author and illustrator Catherine Rayner was born in Harrogate and now lives in Edinburgh.

The Greenaway Judges' comment: A very fresh and appealing book which makes good use of mixed media to convey the feel of a real tiger. An ideal way to get younger children to talk about their emotions, this is a real classic which demands to be read over and over again.Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in. Everything is peaceful on the river, until Solomon Crocodile appears and disturbs everyone from the frogs to the dragonflies to the storks. Rediscover the magic of Catherine Rayner's illustrations with this stunning 10th anniversary edition. Hello, the author of Augustus and his SMILE, Catherine Rayner, has suggested you might want to do some follow up activities to the book.

This video shows the story of Augustus and his Smile being read on CBeebies bedtime stories by the well known actress Vicky McClure. Stunning illustrations in rich jewelled watercolours and black ink captures the magnificence of the tiger. for her illustration comes from her pets: her horse Shannon, guinea pig Marvin, dog Ellie, cat Emma and two goldfish, Bruce and Sheila. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. urn:lcp:augustushissmile0000rayn:epub:cca83e32-9f27-48cf-9508-a08b66e4efa9 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier augustushissmile0000rayn Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t21d01b34 Invoice 1652 Isbn 1561485101 Lccn 2005022187 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.The combination of highly original artwork and a magical story steeped in humanity and hope has been delighting children and adults for ten years and make this very special anniversary edition the perfect gift. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Only when it begins to rain and a puddle forms does he find his smile staring back from his reflection, and realises that he will always have his smile, whenever he is happy. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged art, stories, story, story time on April 2, 2020 by Mr Stewart. The image of Augustus stretches across pages magnificently and children will love accompanying him on his journey through jungle, over mountains and into the sea.

Augustus and His Smile was selected as one of five picture books to be featured and recommended on Channel 4's 'Richard and Judy Christmas Party' in December 2006. For most of these challanges you will need nothing more than your brain, your voice or a pencil and some paper.

With a gorgeous jacketed cover with gold foiling, this picture book would make a perfect gift for a baby shower, christening or birthday. Please remember there is no expectation to complete any of these activties over the Easter holidays. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads. She has a BA Hons in Visual Communication and Illustration from Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. Catherine also regularly exhibits her art work in galleries all over Scotland and also illustrates her own range of cards.

You will need this to complete some of the tasks and is there if you would like to read it over (and over and over) again. Publication date 2006 Topics Happiness -- Fiction, Smiling -- Fiction, Tiger -- Fiction Publisher Intercourse, Pa. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. However, it was animals of a slightly larger kind who were the inspiration for her first picture book, Augustus and His Smile – Catherine drew many of her initial sketches of him whilst watching the tigers at Edinburgh Zoo. You can discover the world, you can discuss wellbeing and friendship and the very nature of happiness.