A storm in a teacup full#

When you pick up Storm in a Teacup, the latest offering from St LukeвЂ™s Innovative Resources, you sense that Ehlert would see its words and pictures as a match made in heaven. When asked what makes a great picture book, American author and illustrator Lois Ehlert once said that вЂthe art and text must go hand in hand, like inseparable loversвЂ™. John Holton, вЂA Tearful Journey Worth TakingвЂ™,В More Weekend, The Bendigo Advertiser, 28В May, 2005. The real test is how a child will react, but there is matter here to please the adult. The book depicts the interconnectedness of nature and people.

It tells of a tear that falls into a teacup and begins an extraordinary journey. There are two ChrisвЂ™s behind the book вЂ“ Townsend wrote the text, a poem, and Sage-Marsh did the accompanying paintings. Moreover, Innovative Resources term themselves вЂњseriously optimisticвЂќ. вЂBendigo is hardly a publishing hub, and the company behind Storm in a Teacup is a charity, St LukeвЂ™s Anglicare. вЂPicture Book вЂ“ Storm in a Teacup,вЂ™ Extra Books, The Sunday Age, 24 JulyВ 2005, p. The artwork by Chris Sage-Marsh is simply beautiful. What began as a end of year вЂfill-inвЂ™ kind of exercise became a really memorable experience. All the kids were really into what they were doing. We had a conversation about place as suggested in the notes: Did you have a special place as a child? Do you have a place like that now? Is it real or imaginary? The students were surprisingly forthcoming with their responses.Д®ach student then produced a mixed media collage representing their special place. I ended up reading the book to the kids in class. A friend had recently sent me copy of Storm in a Teacup (out of the blue) so I read it and discovered the fabulous notes in the back of the book. Towards the end of last year I was looking for a class activity for my Year 8 art students.

A storm in a teacup full#

Storm in a TeacupВ also comes with a generous LearnerвЂ™s Guide full of suggested activities, creative prompts and topics for discussion. The intensity of Chris Sage-MarshвЂ™s richly hued, deliberately scraggy illustrations make this a memorable and stirring picture book to use with adults and children. No two readers will interpret this picture book the same way. It can be used in classrooms, workshops and groups to build conversations about meaning and change. This is an intriguing and evocative resource for parents, teachers, counsellors, environmentalists and art therapists. This story takes the form of a poem that tells of a teardrop which finds its way out to sea and finally returns through natureвЂ™s cycle to a boy and his grandfather.

In Storm in a TeacupВ you will find environmental and cyclical themes of life and death, renewal and decay, hope and fear, light and darkness.