Katie In London

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They show a city full of life and movement – people and vehicles on the city streets, Tower Bridge swinging open for the river traffic and the London Eye turning as Katie, Jack and the lion rise high above London. It has some further information at the back of the book for those who want to know more about some of the places and, of course, if you're planning a trip to London to take part in any of the celebrations this would be a nice way to show a child what there is to see. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc. Children's books set in London are always popular and this is a particularly charming story of a girl having an adventure riding one of the Trafalgar Square lions. Not only is it informative about the features of the incredible city, but the illustrations allow the reader to create vivid images in their head.

When they get to London Grandma is so tired that she falls asleep so Katie and her brother go off and explore all the sights of London. For art you could use this book to get the children to make a poster all about the sights of London - including pictures and words. It follows the adventures of Katie and her younger brother Jack who take a tour around London on the back of a golden lion from Trafalgar Square. James Mayhew has a series of books about Katie that are usually introducing children to a particular artist. This picture book mingles fantasy with information most successfully… a lively introduction to some of the main London sights within the context of an appealing story…The text keeps up the pace of the story and includes a lot of convincing dialogue.My only criticism would be that London looks a lot cleaner in this story than how I remember it when I lived there!

I'd like to think that if I had visited London as a child, I would have read this book beforehand to get myself hyped up! James Mayhew studied at Maidstone College of Art and his first children's book, Katie's Picture Show was published in 1989.Katie and her brother are taken on a tour of the sights of London, they take in Trafalgar Square, The London Eye and Buckingham Palace in the company of their friend the Lion. Biography: James Mayhew studied at Maidstone College of Art and his first children's book, Katie's Picture Show was published in 1989. Wonderful … magical … the foiled cover and magical illustrations of London in all her festive glory make this book the perfect Christmas gift’ – Parents in Touch.

Take a journey through London's rich past with these 10 fully guided walking routes and discover a whole world of incredible history hiding about your eye-line, just waiting to be spotted. The story itself isn't particularly thrilling, but we enjoyed it and have read it a few times since then since the real interest is in seeing all the different places they go to. Not everyone will be acquainted with London and its famous sighs, children new to London will enjoy it, children who have visited these sights will enjoy revisiting them through this story, and a class teacher could use it as an introduction to a visit into central London. For History you could link this book to the fire of London and discuss the main events and how the fire started.

But can they help Father Christmas to deliver all his presents and be back in time for Christmas morning?

This is a delightful story of Katie and her younger brother Jack visiting London with their Grandmother. Love this great story adventure book as Katie and one of the Trafalgar Square lions see all the best sights of London from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace.In a PE lesson you could link it to the fire of London and do lots of movements that could represent a fire spreading. Visiting the incredible and famous landmarks that London has to offer are beautiful illustrated in this story. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I expect this book will bring up the children's experiences of London and places they have been with their families.