Picture Book

2023 CBCA Picture Book of the Year description

Holy Spirit College – Paper-Flower Girl Collage giving voice to themes (Lara)

Themes and ideas which stood out in the picture story book Paper-Flower Girl involve those of the responsibility and implications of power and control. It also raises thoughts of privilege, freedom, opportunity and rights. ”Down there  the Plain of Small Surprises.  Slow and splendid  Folded and unfurled.” (On last page) This quote makes you stop

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Bright and colourful

A very special book with amazing illustrations. We printed the background with flowers and researched different ways to make paper flowers. Together we made a few using different colours and techniques. We added newspaper tendrils to some of them. Then displayed on paddlepop sticks to create height.

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Papermache Sculpture

Totally loved this book. We made it all ourselves and tried to use recycled materials. Papermache body with feathered wings, papercup beak. Aura’s birds were done by some younger members of the group. We collected various blue items from our houses and used sticks for the bower however, it was harder than we thought it

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