Note: I’ll change to another tree-themed math activity with free printable (Free Printable: Summer Palm Tree Hundreds Chart Mystery Picture from Mrs. Thompson’s Treasures at Teachers Pay Teachers) in a week or so. Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright' (Nosy Crow/National Trust/Fiona Waters) - is on the WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR shortlist ' Free Printable:Deciduous and Conifer Tree Matchups from Every Star Is Different (Go to Free Printables tab at the top of the Every Star Is Different blog, then to Holiday Activities, then to Thanksgiving, and then to The Giving Tree Family Thanksgiving Unit) A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. She moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine art at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art.

My Little Book of Big Questions' has received a Kirkus starred review (originally published by Jacoby&Stuart/UK and US co-editions by Prestel) Frau Susetts wundersame Reise - written by Salah Naoura (Tulipan)”, exhibition Münchner Bücherschau Sommerhaus am See- das Bilderbuch' written by Thomas Harding(Jacoby&Stuart) - 'Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - Buch des Monats - Juli'

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Co-edtions: German, Chinese, Japanese, South Korean, Dutch, Turkey, Spain, Argentina, France, Chile, Portugal, Vietnam, Arabic Bologna Book Fair, selected for the Buchkollektion der "alten Meister", Germany Guest of Honour 2016

After 17 years in the UK - Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her Scottish husband and their son Vincent. The seasons pass as an owl looks out of a hole in a tree in this engaging picture book. Beginning in winter, owl is alone in the cold landscape. When spring comes, the snow melts and buds form on the tree. Baby bears play and climb the tree’s trunk. Leaves and blossoms form and squirrels, birds and fox cubs arrive. With summer, the apples start to form on the tree and the tree spends long warm nights swaying in the breeze. Autumn comes with colder temperatures and the animals start to leave. Apples fall to the ground and the tree’s leaves turn red and fold. Snow comes and winter arrives. Soon everyone is gone, even the owl. But he is peeking out again soon as spring comes once again. Tierzählerei' is one of 15 books selected by Bookstart Switzerland (buchstart.ch) for their recommended reading list of 2012/13This activity uses the Montessori tree puzzle (ours is from the awesome Montessori By Mom Shoots and Sprouts Toolbox, the free printables for parts of a tree matching and booklet making, and a Montessori Services basket. Don't Wake Up Tiger/'Ssst! De tijger slaapt' (Nosy Crow/Gottmer) has been chosen as the 'Dutch picture book of the year 2018' Don't Wake Up Tiger' (Nosy Crow) has been nominated for the Children's and Teen Choice Book Awards in the US

For the movable alphabet work, I used a traditional small wooden movable alphabet. I also used Montessori Services language objectstub, top, and tag, and number “10” as words for spelling with the movable alphabet. For children working on their phonetic sounds, the /t/ objects could be used in an object basket. Selected into the top ten of the 'Dutch picture book of the year' award/Prentenboek TopTien 2015 - 'Snel naar huis kleine muis' May - Hay Festival - Workshop and Down the Rabbit Hole LIVE (Kate Greenaway Medal Winners: The IllustratorsThe Odd One Out' series (Templar) has won an excellence award at the 'Global Illustration Awards' awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - Klima-, Umwelt- und Natur-Buchtipps NOVEMBER 2021 Look at the Weather' has received a Kirkus starred review and is on the Kirkus Best Children's Books of 2018 List! Sommerhaus am See- das Bilderbuch' written by Thomas Harding(Jacoby&Stuart) - Buchvorstellung Lesart - DeutschlandfunkKultur' (August) April 2016 - Waterstones Picadilly, in conversation with Damian Kelleher (with Ben Newman,Benji Davies and myself); London