USING PICTURES
...Another tail! -In order to survive
the flood the fox has to grab the
tail of an ox and cling on tight.
And then I realised that the anxious
little hen, at the back of this string
of animals relying on two tails to
survive, might also be able to help.
From my very scant knowledge
of rudders, I knew that if you
turn a rudder one way the
boat goes the opposite way.
(I tried it out with a toothpick
and a match box!)
So the hen in my story discovers, in the
course of looking this way and that,
trying to avoid the eyes of the Hungry
Fox, that she can steer.
She squawks out directions, the fox turns
his head, pulls on the tail of the ox who
then changes direction.
In this way they proceed through
the flood until they reach land.
And so, from the first image of a
hen in a foxy nest, I arrive at my
story; a sort of flood fable with
friendship at the end.”
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LIBROPHILIA!
ACTIVITY: THINKING SKILLS & SCIENCE
ACTIVITY: BUILDING ILLUSTRATIONS
iARTS
iWORDS
COOL WEBLINKS
Gillian loves to write mainly for children and
to use watercolours to mix her words into the
images. However, her experience is extremely
useful for any format of book you may be
making. From an encyclopaedia to a comic
strip you will need to plan to make sure the
words and the drawings are balanced
carefully and attractively.
Even 'storyboards' for films,
animations and computer games
have to focus on these elements too.
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