There wasn’t much time. The tiger seemed to swivel its hungry little eye towards the pretty antelope. Suddenly, the bowl of porridge that he had made for his dinosaur disappeared. It seemed that the dinosaur had eaten it all up. Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang. He was poor and kind and liked drawing so much that he drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush on his desk. I tend to rate my read books more by the story rather than the illustrations but since these are picture books I'll do give my opinion on them, too. Each illustrator has their own style and niche and I appreciate each one I see but of course there will be ones I like more than others.

Oh no,” said Digby, realising what Arthur, in the excitement of painting a beautiful animal, had forgotten. “Oh the poor antelope! She is going to be eaten by that tiger! What shall we do?” I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him). When he had finished painting the antelope he was very happy with it. He thought it must be a girl antelope, because she was so pretty. Can you think of some other ways that Digby and Arthur could have stopped the tiger from eating the antelope?I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. He said to the young man, "If you draw some pictures for me and bring them to life, I will set you free."

But Arthur’s eyes looked very big and round, like dinner plates, and he didn’t really seem to want to put the tiger in his mouth.

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What’s this?” he said. He took his finger and very carefully, rubbed at the little purple spot. “OWWWWWWWWW!” he said. “It bit me!” Digby shrugged. “That wouldn’t be so bad,” he said. “Your tooth is already a bit wobbly, isn’t it?” He drew a cow and it came to life when he observed how difficult it was for people to till the field. The cow might readily be used to plow the ground.

It features beautiful illustrations on every slide, supporting the text and helping to bring the story to life. They're full of colour, and each character's expression matches their emotional reaction to the magic. Engage children in storytelling with this fantastic PowerPoint, which retells the Chinese folktale of The Magic Paintbrush. Today Miss Boyle's writing group received a letter from Shen, the little girl in The Magic Paintbrush. It must be the paintbrushes,” said Digby. “I think we’ve got magic paintbrushes. Everything we paint, turns into something real. I think Arthur, you’d better paint something for the tiger to eat, because he is probably hungry.”When he saw it was difficult for people to till lands, he drew a cow and the cow came to life. People could use the cow to till lands very easily. Arthur thought it was a good idea. So he painted some yummy sushi and the tiger must really have been very hungry, because before they knew it, the sushi had disappeared. Arthur had to paint another six sushi before the tiger was satisfied. This lovely KS1 differentiated reading comprehension activity tells the Chinese folk story of 'The Magic Paintbrush'. The story sends out the message to be kind and to put generosity over greed. If the dinosaur was hungry, then Digby was going to have to paint him some more food. But what would a dinosaur like to eat? If i have that magic paintbrush, i would like to draw things that i need. Like, stationnary, money for traveling, and i will draw any thing that i thing the poor people will need. I will bring it and keep it by my side so i can draw something usefull in the emergency case.

The Magic Paintbrush Writing Frames - go one step further by having children retell the story in their own words. With the same pictures, they'll write out the tale as they remember it. Alternatively, they can create their own versions, based on the original and the illustrations. In Science we have been learning about materials. We have looked at different materials, sorted them by material and then their properties. Miss Boyle's class were taught some actions for each property by Miss Crossley. Can you remember any of them and tell your grown ups? We discussed why different objects are made from a certain material. He took his finger out, and this time more carefully, touched the picture again. Sure enough, the paper did not feel like paper when he touched it. Instead, it was rough and scaly, like a snake, or perhaps like a scab. Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang. He was poor and kind and helped a rich man to tend cattle. He liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush in his desk. There was once a young boy named Ma Liang. He lived in a small village in China. He was poor and friendly, and he loved to draw. His love for painting was too much so he drew paintings all over the place.

Daddy came in and looked at them. His smile was huge, because he thought they were so good. “I’d like to put them on the fridge,” he said.