The Great Paper Caper: Oliver Jeffers

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Exciting new cover reissue of this funny forest story, from award-winning, internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers. Un libro muy tierno, muy bello que, me mantuvo atenta hasta el final (de verdad quería saber cual era el misterio del oso), pero me decepcionó un poco el final :( solo por eso 4 estrellas en lugar de 5. I love the turn it takes for treating the cutting of trees as a crime and the way it goes to court. This can be really useful with children as they could see what punishment if any they thought was appropriate for the bear. Generating great discussion and understanding of the text in class. Crime novels aren't for children, are they? Are they? Well The Great Paper Caper is. As usual Oliver Jeffers matches his quirky imagery with text bursting with wry, dry humour. Someone is chopping down the trees, but who? And why? The inhabitants of the wood set out to discover the answers to their questions with amusing and heartwarming results. If ever you wanted to introduce small children to technical legal vocabulary, then this book is for you. Alibi, investigation, examined, eyewitness report, evidence, culprit... they're all in there. And not only is the terminology introduced, the book also provides a great place to begin learning about the process of solving crimes and the following legal processes. The book throws up some excellent discussion points around justice (Did the culprit get what he deserved? Should criminals be allowed a second chance?) and motivation (Can crime ever be justified? Should we be empathetic towards criminals? How far should you go to be the winner?), making this a useful text to read to inspire debate in the classroom. It also has an environmental focus: teachers could look further at how nature is being damaged by humans, potentially by providing linked non-fiction texts which children would be more inspired to read because of the story's context. The Great Paper Caper is a great example of how picturebooks use images to do more than illustrate a text. The illustrations have to be read and interpreted too - without them the story would be incomplete as the text alone does not give all the details. In the context of the whole story, there are plenty of opportunities for teachers to do reading comprehension style activities (particularly focusing on inference skills - it is all about finding clues, after all) using just the pictures. This is another triumph for Oliver Jeffers, and one that has stood the test of time; it was first published in 2008. Here is a book which a child can enjoy alone, with an adult, or during a variety of different school lessons, and one that's sure to raise a few smiles as well as questions. Picture book / Ages 4-7 years / Reviewed by Aidan Severs, teacher.

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The illustrations are important throughout the story, adding little extras to your reading pleasure. For example there's the picture of poor Owl falling flat on the floor because the branch he usually lands on in a tree has been stolen! The investigators do manage to discover what's been going on, and the Bear is first held for questioning, and then taken to court where he confesses that he is trying to win a paper airplane competition, and that he had no one to ask for help and he's very sorry about the trees. He says he'll help to fix things, by planting new trees, and the other forest dwellers offer to help Bear to win the competition. day plan for Year 2 based on The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers. Activities work around the objectives:

Yep, it takes the animals most of the book to figure out who is cutting down the trees. It isn't until someone finds a certain object that they find out who it is. I did find it silly that it took them that long to figure it out. You only have so many animals in the forest, and instead of going by every one of them, they just did hours of crime scene investigations. :P Anderson’s Pulitzer Prize didn’t end the government harassment. On January 31, 1973, the F.B.I. arrested Les Whitten; he was charged with stealing documents belonging to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Reporters began wearing buttons that read, “Free Les Whitten.” The charges against Whitten had been trumped up; they were dropped. That spring, Anderson published grand-jury records that had been leaked in the Watergate investigation. But the breaking of the Watergate story marked the end of the era of Anderson. It was the biggest scoop on Nixon, and Anderson hadn’t got it.I need you to know that I am not a bad bear and that I’ve just made a silly mistake. I’ve even seen some wanted posters with my face on them. I really hope that you can help me.