Mummy and Me Magazine August 2014 October-November 2014 | Page 38

Creative Learning

Make The Everyday
Spectacular With A Book
Emma Thompson opened a stunning Peter Rabbit themed space for young
people to curl up with a book.

CREATIVE LEARNING - BOOKS AND ART

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he magical Peter Rabbit children’s section
was created and donated by the book’s
publisher Frederick Warne, who worked
with reading charity Booktrust to transform
Gorton Library in east Manchester.  Frederick
Warne is also donating more than £1000’s worth
of children’s books.
Promoting the positive impact a joy of reading
can have on children’s lives, Oscar-winning
actor and writer, Emma Thompson said,

‘For those of us lucky enough to have been read
to as children, to have had access to books
and libraries and to have had a love of reading
engrained in us, we each have a spectacular tale
we can refer to which inspired a lifelong love of
books. Every child should have a spectacular tale
in their life that can start them on their reading
journey and get them off to a flying start in life.
Peter Rabbit certainly had a big impact on me as
a child and I’m thrilled to be opening the Peter
Rabbit library in Gorton today. I hope the local
community will enjoy the space and the books
and use it to transform lives.’
Following on from the success of The Further
Tale of Peter Rabbit in 2012 (the first new Peter
Rabbit title since Beatrix Potter’s
final tale in 1930) and The
Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit
in 2013, Emma Thompson
triumphs once more with The
Spectacular Tale of Peter Rabbit.

How To Make Explosive Art!...

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The Hero Pup
(Megan Rix)
A must have read for
all young animal lovers
this Christmas.
£5.99 - puffin.co.uk
and all good Book
Stores.

here
are
lots
of
fun ways
for children to
create pictures
of fireworks. You
could place blobs
of glue onto a
piece of card,
flick out the glue into star shapes then scatter with
different coloured glitter. Or perhaps you would
prefer to do some marble painting of fireworks?

You will need:

Place a marble into some paint (it’s a bit tricky so
grown up help is required), place a piece of blank
paper into a tray or shallow box and drop in the
paint covered marble. Moving the box will then
create a painted firework image.

Now colour over the top with black crayon,
making sure that you cover all the first layer of
bright colours.

A fun idea for an unusual fireworks picture simply
using wax crayons. (Younger children love to
reveal the different colours as they create the art).

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Wax crayons
(including black)
White card
Lolly Ice stick
Instructions:

Colour all over the card with different
bright crayons. Older children could arrange the
colours in stripes, circles etc, but making sure that
the whole card is covered.

Carefully use the popsicle stick to scrape away
some of the black crayon in a swirly motion to
reveal the colours below. Be careful not to press
too hard or you will scrape away the coloured
crayon below!