The Magic Paintbrush

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She is determined to keep her promise to paint only for the poor, but how can she match the emperor's mighty power? In The Magic Paintbrush, Julia Donaldson's brilliant verse combines with beautiful illustrations from Joel Stewart, creator of The Adventures Abney and Teal, to bring vibrant life to a traditional tale of how a little girl's integrity can withstand the corruption of power and greed. 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. 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. It can also be a springboard to explore Chinese culture and celebrations for children, particularly Chinese New Year and the Chinese Zodiac.

The children create their own dragon-like monsters through playing Mix and Match Monsters and record ideas by drawing and labelling a diagram. Registered office address: Office 6 HQ Business Centre | 237 Union Street | Plymouth | PL1 3HQ | UK. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This edition features a stunning redesigned cover, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson fans – big and small!

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. The story is based on a traditional Chinese tale which has been retold many times across Asia and it is probably one of the most popular stories passed on from generation to generation. This edition features a stunning redesigned cover, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson fans - big and small!

The Magic Paintbrush is a traditional Chinese folktale, dealing with themes of justice and integrity. Clever book with wonderful problem solving skills shown and a delightful tale of a little girl with a moral task to complete. The beautiful illustrations and naturally rhyming text make for an interesting and imagination grabbing book.She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with an MBE for Services to Literature.

It tells the story of Shen who receives a magical paintbrush with instructions to paint for the poor as the paintings come to life.I am a retired Infant Teacher and I first came across this story published as a Ladybird book, and my pupils always enjoyed it. Further books illustrated by Axel include Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Zog and The Smeds and the Smoos – all of which have been made into much-loved animated films by Magic Light Pictures. I now have a 5 year old grand-daughter who is half Chinese, so I was delighted to find this Julia Donaldson version, especially as she is a big fan of the author.

With her magic paintbrush, Shen can paint steaming pots full of fish and oysters to feed the hungry people in her village. 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. 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.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. I went to China Town in Manchester and purchased a real coolie hat some simple books with Chinese letter to copy. This was one of the stories included my show “The Gruffalo, the Witch and the Warthog” which we performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018 and took to a few other theatres.