The Magic Paintbrush

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With her magic paintbrush, Shen can paint steaming pots full of fish and oysters to feed the hungry people in her village, but when the evil emperor hears of her gift, he commands Shen to paint gold for him instead.

With her magic paintbrush, Shen can paint steaming pots full of fish and oysters to feed the hungry people in her village, but when the evil emperor hears of her gift he commands Shen to paint gold for him instead. An enchanting tale told in catchy rhyming verses true to JD style, this story will capture the imagination of children and grown ups. Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures.JD has stamped her distinctive rhythm into making this re-telling a very atmospheric book of how a little girl's life changes when she is given a magic brush which turns anything she paints into real life. When the evil emperor commands Shen to paint gold for him, she is determined to keep her promise to paint only for the poor.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It tells the story of Shen who receives a magical paintbrush with instructions to paint for the poor as the paintings come to life. Registered office address: Office 6 HQ Business Centre | 237 Union Street | Plymouth | PL1 3HQ | UK.Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Must see if can find the Chinese brushes 5 in the box and the children loved to pretend they were magic and talk about what they would paint. In this ten-session Writing Root, which we suggest will take 3 weeks to cover, the children discover a magic paintbrush and are asked what they would paint with it.

In The Magic Paintbrush, Julia Donaldson's vibrant verse and Joel Stewart's beautiful illustrations bring fresh life to a traditional tale of how a little girl's integrity can withstand the corruption of power and greed. I have used this book for two different topics (China and Traditional Tales) with two different year 2 classes and all have been captured by it.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The big difference is that the main character is now female and so is easier for her to identify with. Her other books include The Hospital Dog illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, The Christmas Pine illustrated by Victoria Sandøy and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures illustrated by Lydia Monks. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with an MBE for Services to Literature. This edition features a stunning redesigned cover, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson fans – big and small!