Katie In London

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For art you could use this book to get the children to make a poster all about the sights of London - including pictures and words. It talked about a child visiting London’s landmarks and was a good summary portrayed in a captivating way for kids. Children's books set in London are always popular and this is a particularly charming story of a girl having an adventure riding one of the Trafalgar Square lions. Feelings are important too – young readers will like the touching ending when Katie and Jack hand over a woolly blanket, purchased at Harrods with the last of their pocket money, to keep the lion’s tummy warm.

When Katie and her brother Jack visit London with Grandma, something very unexpected happens… One of the Trafalgar Square lions comes to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of the city including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Big Ben and the London Eye. Join them on a whirlwind tour of the sights, including the Tower of London, the London Eye and Buckingham Palace! Love the artwork in the book and the story is beautiful a must for any child English or learning English also great for adults to I enjoyed the story.

One of the Trafalgar Square lions comes to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of all the best sights Including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Big Ben and the London Eye. At Trafalgar Square, they meet a talking stone lion, and he takes them on a wonderful tour of the city taking in such sights as The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye! Written and illustrated by James Mayhew, Katie's adventures in this book will capture your imagination as Katie and her brother Jack are shown the sights of London by a stone lion who comes alive and befriends them. Biography: James Mayhew studied at Maidstone College of Art and his first children's book, Katie's Picture Show was published in 1989. In a PE lesson you could link it to the fire of London and do lots of movements that could represent a fire spreading.

I'd like to think that if I had visited London as a child, I would have read this book beforehand to get myself hyped up! This picture book mingles fantasy with information most successfully… a lively introduction to some of the main London sights within the context of an appealing story…The text keeps up the pace of the story and includes a lot of convincing dialogue. In a city with so much exciting and interesting aspects, we should encourage our children to embrace it,, and this book presents an opportunity to do just that. Many of his books have a cultural agenda and James is passionate about introducing children to art, music, opera, ballet and traditional tales.It's been firmly in print ever since, recognised universally as the original and best introduction to art for children. It depicts all the famous London sights such as Trafalgar Square, St Paul's' Cathedral,The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament.

Katie and her brother go out with their Grandma one day, she asks them to sit down by the Lion on Trafalgar Square and wait for her and so the fun begins!

When Katie and her brother Jack visit London with Grandma, they don't think there's much to see and do. Not only is it informative about the features of the incredible city, but the illustrations allow the reader to create vivid images in their head. Flo has it in her class at school and is excited to go to London to see the sites and to see the lion. You might like to look at Katie and the Waterlily Pond by James Mayhew and If you'd like to extend Katie's trip to London to Christmas, we can recommend Katie's London Christmas.