ALECCIONADOR E IMAGINATIVO CUENTO ACERCA DE LOS VALORES DE LAS BUENAS PERSONAS y LAS CONSECUENCIAS DE LAS ACCIONES DE LAS MALAS. Jan Pienkowski's gorgeous illustrations perfectly complement Joan Aiken's words and each story feels almost like a much older story that you remember reading in a book of fairy tales. Una anciana panadera vive con su revoltoso gato, semi atrigrado claro ( pues parte de su cuerpo está completamente blanco, debido a el jugueteo que se lleva con el agua y la harina de los bollos y otros pastelitos y panes). Un día su dueña lo echa fuera mientras trabaja, para que no lo revuelva todo...por un conjunto de acontecimientos y acciones, Mog crecerá, lo que le deparará un problema a la anciana dueña y al simpático gato. A spectacular collection of magical folk-tales for children. Each one is wonderfully weird and creative.

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El gato Mog" es un libro infantil de RELATOS IMAGINATIVOS CON ELEMENTOS FANTÁSTICOS A LA PAR QUE REALIDADES crudas DE LA VIDA (Y DE LAS PERSONAS). A lo largo de sus ocho historias, NOS ENCONTRAREMOS CON DIVERSOS MENSAJES ACERCA DE LOS VALORES Y BENEFICIOS DE LAS BUENAS PERSONAS Y ANIMALES: la amistad, la bondad, el valor, la aceptación de los demás, sin prejuicios, sino por su manera de obrar, ADEMÁS DE, LO POSITIVO QUE APORTA LA CULTURA y LOS VIAJES. Pequeño libro de Aiken, de apenas 100 páginas, con 8 cuentos infantiles. Como suele ser habitual en ella, todos son bastante imaginativos y usan un lenguaje muy sencillo y directo. Joan Aiken was a much loved English writer who received the MBE for services to Children's Literature. She was known as a writer of wild fantasy, Gothic novels and short stories. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-01-13 21:41:55 Associated-names Pienkowski, Jan, illus Boxid IA148117 Boxid_2 CH119601 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II Donor

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Filled with poetic repetitions, each story beautifully balances the prosaic with the wondrous – the old lady who mistakenly slips a bit of sky into her pie, which then floats her away; the little girl who finds elves in the shelves and a tiger in the house on her birthday night, and the mesmeric fable of three railway men manning a desert station who dream of travel. Other questions can also be asked, and children can be encouraged to ask questions of their own, for example: We chose this book for a Literary Leaf as the short stories in this collection are whimsical yet moralistic and have such lovely examples of literary language interwoven with humour that they are, we feel, perfect for the age-group. And as each story is relatively short, this will help children who are less-confident in their reading to feel a sense of achievement as well as supporting comprehension- development and understanding of story- plot and structure. Because Joan Aiken is the sole author of the anthology, this affords us a great opportunity to compare pieces by the same author in terms of style, use of literary devices and themes. Cuatro músicos amigos, que viajan por el mundo y alegran a las personas con su arte, ven como su coche se hunde en un río. Desesperados, buscarán refugio en varios hogares. Tras varias negativas, encontrarán en un insólito hogar un curiosa petición a cambio de cobijo...

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This week at the Carrot Ranch Charli Mills is talking about theft; of family pets, of the apples from her garden, of property, and even of good name through myths and false accusations. The central most objective developed through this comprehension sequence is around themes with use of language and deriving meaning from context close behind. However, thorough coverage of all relevant National Curriculum objectives has been planned for so that no opportunity is wasted. ENGLISH: Eight semi-fairy stories by Joan Aiken. Two of them are about cats: "The cat sat on the mat" (and while there granted wishes) and "The baker's cat" (who was made to grow by a dosis of yeast).

Pretty great post. I simply stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I’ve really loved browsing your blog posts. In any case I will be subscribing for your rss feed and I am hoping you write again soon! ENCANTADOR, TIERNO E IMAGINATIVO RELATO ACERCA DE LA ACEPTACIÓN DE LOS DEMÁS, SIN PRE JUZGARLOS, Y DE LAS BUENAS ACCIONES. There was no milk to moisten his cereal, only a slap to the head for daring to ask. He grabbed his bag and disappeared before she used him as an ashtray, again. The Audible edition was read by Lisa Aiken who has a very homely English voice and carries the whimsy and humour across well. Invite individuals to explain the thinking behind the decision. A lively discussion may ensue, particularly if there are mixed responses. It would be of interest to note which children maintain their position, which waiver and which change their opinion.

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I loved this when I was a child, but more or less forgot about it until I came across it in my university library. Then I remembered the magic of it, and all the illustrations were familiar... I didn't remember all the stories, but the first and second in particular made an impression on me, and the one that basically included Baba Yaga. They're almost fairytales, and that's how I'll shelve them here. Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Magic has never been more elegantly shaped than in these effervescent short stories . . . The flight of imagination is delicately captured in Jan Pienkowski's accompanying silhouettes Julia Eccleshare, Guardian The morning started badly; nothing unusual in that. He’d been woken in the night by shouting, slamming doors, and screeching car tyres. Nothing unusual there either. A fellow Robin Hobb lover gave me this book after we shared our mutual awe for The Realm of the Elderlings series, in a conversation that soon turned into discussions about magical realism books. Even though, Robin Hobb books are not particularly written in the magical realism genre there is something whimsical about them and this is why this book came up.ESPAÑOL: Ocho semi-cuentos de hadas de Joan Aiken. Hay dos sobre gatos: "El gato se sentó en el felpudo" (y estando allí concedía deseos) y "El gato de la panadera" (al que hizo crecer una dosis de levadura). Looking for a fight, he couldn’t believe she was just sitting there clutching her stupid unicorn. He snatched it; danced a jig to her wails, then threw it onto the roof. Envy and jealousy — feelings familiar to many children who may have taken, borrowed or used something that didn’t belong to them. They may have squabbled about ownership or use of an item or had someone take something of theirs. Learning a sense of ownership as well as sharing is important in early childhood.

A necklace of raindrops : and other stories : Aiken, Joan A necklace of raindrops : and other stories : Aiken, Joan

My "acid test" of a good children's book is: does it appeal to adults? If not, there's probably not much there at all. Witness the fact that many, many adults enjoy Beatrix Potter, Milne and other "children's books" all their lives long, while the "fad" books fade away to no one's regret. This is an enduring classic, and I actually think I got more out of it at fifty than at a younger age. That is not to say that it's "over the heads" of children, because it's not. Leemos para saber que no estamos solos”..Como bien dicen en el magnífico film: ‘ Tierra de penumbras’. Note: My few words have not done justice to Joan Aiken’s beautiful story. If you can, please read the full version.) Hopefully the events of these stories will be just as fanciful to the children as the settings. Most children will not have records of breaking and entering, and any incidences of petty pilfering or even vandalism will have occurred as part of their learning about property and ownership. Some appropriation of another’s toys or breakages in frustration or misuse are common and nothing to cause concern about future morality. BONITO RELATO ACERCA DE LOS PLACERES DEL VIAJE, Y SOBRETODO, DE ADENTRARSE EN LA AVENTURA Y LO DESCONOCIDO, QUE PUEDEN PROPORCIONARNOS GRATOS E INESPERADOS RESULTADOS.Creative Connector, Advisor, Mother/Wife/Friend, Leader, Urban Naturalist, International HR Professional and Company Director. Passionate about enabling people & organisations to exceed their own expectations Un matrimonio anciano, que vive en un frío lugar, hace una tarta de manzana...qué dará sus frutos y resultará ser un auténtico ‘ placer divino’, ¡que les reconfortará del frío! She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father, Conrad Aiken (who won a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry), and her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge. She worked for the United Nations Information Office during the second world war, and then as an editor and freelance on Argosy magazine before she started writing full time, mainly children's books and thrillers. For her books she received the Guardian Award (1969) and the Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972).