Here We Are: The phenomenal international bestseller from Oliver Jeffers

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There are no magic wands, Ronnie. There are magic wands, but there are no magic wands. Do you understand me? This is a review of the audiobook edition of this novel. I had a lot of problems with this book. First off I tried to read the book which was confusing and I couldn’t get into any of the characters. So this time I tried listening, unfortunately I didn’t fare any better with this version. Sunkiai man sekasi atrasti bendrą kalbą su trumpomis istorijomis. Dažniausiai kamuojuosi - man atrodo, kad pasakyta per mažai, per daug sugrūsta simbolizmo, kuris ir egzistuoja tik vardan simbolizmo, o ir jaučiuosi kaip vaikiškame baseine - nei paplauksi, nei panardysi, toks greitas pasipliuškenimas ir tiek. Panašiai jaučiausi ir bandydama atrasti santykį su "Regimybėmis" - tarsi romanas, tačiau tai man pasirodė veikiau novelė dideliu šriftu, dideliausiais tarpais, dailiausiai įpakuota - viskas čia greitai, glaustai, trumpai, o ir nepakankamai giliai, kad pajausčiau stiprų malonumą. Kad ir kaip stengiausi. O stengtis dėl knygos, bandyti ją prisijaukinti, man save pavyksta įtikinti vis rečiau ir rečiau. O realybė tokia, kad iki šiol nežinau, ar knyga patiko. Likau sužavėtas teksto lėtumu, rašymo maniera, tais spalvotais potėpiais, bet tik tiek. Kiekvieną kartą, kai paimdavau knygą, atsiverdavo visai kiti vaizdai, buvau įsiurbiamas, o kai tik užversdavau - viskas pasimiršdavo, nuotaikos nelikdavo, vaizdinys išblukdavo. Tuštuma. We have included an activity that encourages your Year 1 \ Year 2 class to complete the sentences by adding in the words or adding in the pictures.

In typical Graham Swift style, we slowly fill in the details of a single summer, 1959 in Brighton, during which a magician, his assistant (and fiancé), and their friend who runs the review show they star in, cross into and out of each other's lives in unexpected ways. He had an audience of two, and he stood facing them, the green-topped table beside him. He knew by now that the surface was called “baize”, a nice word, but he knew also that the table was not what it seemed. It was a table and not a table, and this might be true of a great many things. It was the first door that you had to pass through, as it were, into a new way of thinking about everything around you. From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Are carries a simple message: Be kind. -- NPR

Sometimes, beyond the stirrings and the gaspings of the audience, he might think he could hear the creakings and strainings of the pier itself, like a big foundering ship. But perhaps it was more that he was the one who was going under. Koks pasimėgavimas yra skaityti jo knygas! Jis taip subtiliai ir išmaniai primėto užuominų ir vilioja. Kaip voras mezga tinklą ir gaudo skaitytoją. Vilioja taip, kad saldu. Ir nors suprantu, kad vilioja, bet niekaip atsispirti negaliu, o ir visai nenoriu. Visiškas skaitymo malonumas! From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Are carries a simple message: Be kind.”— NPR

I am not at all familiar with the setting, Brighton pier in the UK. I definitely would have enjoyed this more if the author had described the area more and set the atmosphere before the story unfolded. Insightfully sweet, with a gentle humor and poignancy, here is Oliver Jeffers’ user’s guide to life on Earth. He created it specially for his son, yet with a universality that embraces all children and their parents. Be it a complex view of our planet’s terrain (bumpy, sharp, wet), a deep look at our place in space (it’s big), or a guide to all of humanity (don’t be fooled, we are all people), Oliver’s signature wit and humor combine with a value system of kindness and tolerance to create a must-have book for parents.

He bent to kiss her forehead. It was cold to his lips and she made no sign – no smile or frown or flinch – that she knew what he was doing. And he felt that his lips were touching also the cold surface of the water, the deep heedless water under which his father lay, unknowing too. In this activity your class will add in the capital letters and full stops to complete the sentences.

A celebration of people all shapes and sizes, and of the beauty and mystery of our Earth.-- Booklist Oliver Jeffers’ inspiration behind Here We Are is his new son, Harland, and his desire to introduce him to “the big globe, floating in space, on which we live”. Here We Are brings you into a magician and his assistant’s head. I loved hearing both sides of the story. It took me a while to get into this book. However, once I got pulled in I was invested in the story. A celebration of people all shapes and sizes, and of the beauty and mystery of our Earth.”– BooklistWhat does Oliver Jeffers mean when he says “we haven’t quite worked everything out, so there is plenty left for you to do”? Our solar system is one of millions, billions, trillions. Can you write these numbers using digits?