What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future

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In the classroom, ‘What We’ll Build’ is a great starting point for Primary-age children to articulate their hopes and aspirations for the future and the ‘tools’ they might need to achieve them. This is the perfect accompaniment to ‘Here We Are: plans for Our Together Future’ that many schools, including my own are using as a whole school text this September. Once again, Oliver Jeffers has created a book that can be appreciated on many different levels, again making it versatile enough to be enjoyed across school. Jeffers wrote this book for his daughter Mari and it is the story of a father and daughter exploring the endless possibilities and adventures that they can enjoy as they build their lives together. Talk about what is happening here. Who can you see? Whose hands do you think these are? What makes you think this? How can you describe the hands? What we build is the story of a father and a daughter and how they want to build a home for themselves and more. It is about the love between a parent and their child and the endless possibilities and opportunities of life.

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) has produced a set of teaching notes to provide schools with sessions that focus on the importance of illustration in building a narrative and supporting children’s response. They build on their work supporting teachers to use picture books to enhance critical thinking and develop creative approaches in art and writing. The teaching notes show how picture books can be used in schools to enhance children’s reading comprehension and composition of their own creative writing. There are strong links with geography here ... and it hits Ofsted's 'reading across the curriculum' focus too (a key element of their Education Inspection Framework [EIF]). It would be the most perfect gift and book to share in a family, but it will also be a must for any school library.

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In this beloved read, a father and daughter come together, gather their tools, and set off to build a foundation for their lives together. Hand in hand, they plan for the future, building the roads and tunnels they’ll need to take them where they need to go, a home to keep them safe, tables to welcome friends, ships to explore the world, and quiet spaces for them to return to for rest and comfort. Ultimately, this is a story about building love, and building a future intertwined with those you love most. Inspired by the birth of his daughter, and in the same vein as Here We Are, What We’ll Build is a rhythmic and heartwarming father and daughter story from the beloved Oliver Jeffers. Told in rhyming text with Oliver’s signature art, What We’ll Build is the perfect story to cherish together. My thoughts

Children will love his playbook for building a future of love and imagination, and they will delight in the special relationship the father and daughter share." -- Booklist His output has become increasingly political. What We’ll Build contains a reference to a Trumpian construction: “[We’ll build] a fortress to keep our enemies out, and higher walls for when they shout. But you don’t always lose, and you don’t always win. So we’ll build a gate to let them in.” This touching and inspirational picture book features a young girl and her father, who make plans to build a glorious future together. As they gather up their tools, they discuss all the incredible things they will make. Their construction projects range from tangible objects, including a house, a tall tower and an unsinkable boat, to more abstract concepts, such as building friendships, setting aside love for difficult times and aiming high by creating a road to the moon. At the end of a tiring day, their heads buzzing with an abundance of amazing ideas, they build a fire, curl up together and fall fast asleep, making this a perfect bedtime read.His 2018 work My Northern Irish Passport showed a travel document bearing the words: “United Kingdom of Great Britain and … eh ... Is there supposed to be another bit?” He says: “That was part of a show I had in London after the Brexit vote. A review in an art magazine at the time didn’t even get it. I was, like, that just proves the point.”

A rare and enduring story about a parent's boundless love, life's endless opportunities, and all we need to build a together future. The perfect baby shower gift or gift for new parents! Now think carefully about the word build. What do you think of when you first hear this word? What sort of things do you think can be built? Make a list of all the things you can think of. Children will love his playbook for building a future of love and imagination, and they will delight in the special relationship the father and daughter share.”— BooklistWhen you’re someone who loves books, there is a tendency to pass on your love for reading and making more people read. In a world dominated by technology, take my word when I say that young children feel delighted to read something as physical and personal as a book, and reading Children’s books with your kids, or nephews and nieces is enjoyable for them as well as for you.