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Learning & Development: Book choice

THE PENCIL; by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingram; Walker Books, 10.99

A lonely little pencil starts to draw, first a boy, then a dog, a cat, a whole town for them to play in and finally a paintbrush, which adds colour to everything. Trouble starts when new characters complain about their appearance, and the rubber drawn to erase deletes everything, except the pencil. A battle for survival ensues, but the pencil emerges victorious and sets about redrawing things, and the story moves on.

What better way to introduce older children in the EYFS to the creative process, the power of imagination and some interesting questions: what would have happened if the rubber had won? Where would we be without stories?

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