Katie In London

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Many of his books have a cultural agenda and James is passionate about introducing children to art, music, opera, ballet and traditional tales. My daughter enjoyed spotting the Queen waving from her window, and as we have visited London several times it was interesting to see some of the places we have been to in a story book. 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. Featuring many of London’s key landmarks, this storybook has become a bestselling introduction to London, and is perfect for children visiting the city for the first time. James Mayhew has a series of books about Katie that are usually introducing children to a particular artist.

In a city with so much exciting and interesting aspects, we should encourage our children to embrace it,, and this book presents an opportunity to do just that. 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. The illustrations aren't that thrilling and I'm not crazy about the stupid lion coming to life, but the whirlwind tour is nice. London comes to life in this magical adventure' - Independent Featuring many of London's key landmarks, this storybook has become a bestselling introduction to London, and is perfect for children visiting the city for the first time. I know most of the landmarks Katie visits, and the older granddaughter brought it home from her own visit.We have all extracted joy from the notion that one of the lions at the base of Nelson's column comes to life and carries Katie all over the place. We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child.

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. As a storyteller he has devised and performed a series of sell-out concerts for children with the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra, and has participated in prom performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. To link this book to drama you could split the class into small groups and they could do freeze frames of the main events of the fire. A beautiful story to capture any child if looking to use London as a topic or about to visit London itself.Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. As if it could have been passed down by many generations before and gets pulled out every Christmastime for a read. It can be used in so many ways in English including adjectives, speech and diary writing for example, and also as a cross-curricular resource in Geography (capital cities and landmarks) and Drama (freeze frames for example). The lion takes them on a wonderful tour of the city taking in such sights as The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye! We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.

Katie and her brother go out with their Grandma one day, she asks them to sit down by the Lion on Trafalgar Square and wait for her and so the fun begins! As the fulfilment of these items are handled by the supplier, please understand that this is beyond our control.James’s Katie picture book series has been making art an adventure for children worldwide for 25 years. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids.

James Mayhew knows just how to capture the imagination and he depicts all the famous sights, beautifully drawn. 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.

Tonight we reread it (my 9 year old and I) as we are about to spend 5 days in London seeing as many of the sights in the book as possible! Journeying through London's busy streets, crammed with red buses, black taxis, parks and grand buildings, we even squeeze in a visit to Buckingham Palace and see the Changing of the Guard! Finally, for a literacy lesson you could make story boards of the events of the great fire of London.