FArTHER

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I found myself asking questions about the images and even making up a little more of the story in my head. After reading the book I felt that the word 'farther' was perhaps used to mirror the father's desire to escape and be free, as well as the fact that he actually does leave when he goes to war. Winner of the 2012 Greenaway award, this truly is an inspirational story showing how any dream can be fulfilled with love and motivation. I think the use of colour on some pages are quite poignant such as when he goes off to war all colours are quite dark and bleak but the poppies are bright red.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The story and illustrations work intricately together to produce an emotionally moving book which had me close to tears. Not only are the illustrations whimsical and creative and beautiful, the story is wonderfully touching', Myfavouritebooks.The pictures themselves are intricate and detailed images put together in a unique way using photographs and illustration which in themselves tell a story. These often thought-provoking stories look at the reactions ordinary people have to the unusual situations they find themselves in and feature a host of different illustrative styles ranging from collage to painterly Edward Hopper-esque scenes. And it uses a weird stylised font, which also makes it harder to read for younger people; for people with a reading disability; and for parents reading in lower light levels.

Grahame Baker-Smith is a self-taught award-winning illustrator from Oxford who completed his training at Berkshire School of Art.

I would recommend this book for year 4 literacy classes and I would say it would be an excellent text to use in a creative writing class. It takes a few reads to appreciate how deep and complex the message is, and has lead to a great discussion about the meaning of the text (and we're adults). A young boy, bewitched by his father’s unrelenting passion to fly; a desperate craving that absorbs his every waking minute, finds himself entranced by the dream. The unique illustrations have an almost eerie feel to them, which adds to the intrigue and questions that the story raises - for example, as I read the book I kept wondering why the father wanted to have wings, and what was driving his desire to fly away. While I enjoyed reading it myself, I have bought it to share with the children I teach in upper Key Stage 2.

He has illustrated two other picture books for Templar: the Greenaway shortlisted Leon and the Place Between and The Winter's Child . Maybe I’m confused about what the Kate Greenaway Medal is… I was under the impression that it was the UK equivalent of the Caldecott medal given in the US. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A young boy watches his father get so involved with his work, trying to make an invention to fly, that time spent with him is limited. The style of illustration in this book, a mix of artwork, photographs in a collage come together to create a most unusual picture book which explores the relationship between father and son in a particularly poetic and elegant way' ― Librarymice.A young boy, bewitched by his fathers unrelenting passion to fly; a desperate craving that absorbs his every waking minute, finds himself entranced by the dream. What first drew me to this book was the title - I immediately wondered why the illustration on the front cover depicted a father, yet the spelling clearly suggested something more. Will try to read this to a child - my intuition is that you could start with a child that cannot read, because the themes are real and joyous.