One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading. When Rose is astral projecting in search of steam, she likes to keep things cozy. In one such scene, she sports an oversized grey sweater that hangs with an ease and elegance that makes you want to follow her into the woods forever. A similar sweater is now on sale at Old Navy. But to make it truly Rose-worthy, we’d recommend exposing it to some campfire smoke and letting it sit in the wilderness for a century or two to get that perfect worn-in vibe. Why? Because it is simultaneously really sweet and an antidote to the mountain of girls' books* which seem to have been written by authors under the impression that girls only like pink and glitter and all want to grow up to be princesses. This is not true.

Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. 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). Rosie's Hat is a story of the adventures of a hat after it gets blown away from Rosie and ends up in some unusual situations. See? Mia Thermopolis doesn't want to be a princess. And neither does Rosie. In fact, Rosie grows up to become a firefighter. In other words, a fireman - a job generally seen as, well, for men. Basically as far as you could get from a princess in frilly dress and high heels. I love this. I love love love seeing a children's book in which a girl doesn't conform to a massive heap of stereotypes about what she should be. Look at the use of prepositions in the story, e.g. across, around, over. Can you find any more prepositions? Can you write your own sentences which include prepositions? You can also try the prepositions activities here.Balkovich, Robert (30 June 2020). "Why Rose The Hat From Doctor Sleep Looks So Familiar". Looper . Retrieved 2 February 2021. This book is about a little girl called Rosie who loses her hat due to strong winds. As a result the hat experiences quite an adventure as time passes. The hat meets a dog who takes it through water, where a fisherman catches it he isn't too amused as i am sure he would much prefer to catch a fish. Little boys use the hat to build sand castles and then later as a Frisbee. Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers.

I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.

Machado, Yolanda (6 November 2019). "How Rebecca Ferguson Brought Stephen King's Most Terrifying Villain to Life". GQ . Retrieved 2 February 2021. Shaw-Williams, Hannah (7 November 2019). "Doctor Sleep: Rose The Hat & Shine Vampires Explained". Screen Rant . Retrieved 3 February 2020.

T-shirts, beach shoes, swimming costume, warm jumper for the night times, anorak in case it rains, hat...” Write a review of the story. What do you like about it? Are there any parts that you don’t like? Watch this video for some ideas: Bella put all this much more succinctly and sweetly than I have managed: "(A) sweet, rhyming story about loosing something (a hat) as a child and being reconnected with it as an adult."(sic) Let’s assume you have Rebecca Ferguson-level hair, both in length, deep brunette shade, and an inviting texture that practically begs to have beads and bits knit into it. Great! Now all you need is some bits and assistance. Scrounge around in your junk drawer or the bottom of your purse for odds and ends, a button, a rubber band, a broken zipper pull, or a forgotten subway token. Then get your favorite stoner friend to join you for a night of getting high and braiding hair. One of Rose’s fave things is smoking up and shotgunning hits with friends. By the end of the night, you’ll have a Rose the Hat fabulous rat’s nest!In the classroom this book can be used to teach knowledge retrieval skills, there are plenty of opportunities for discussion and questions due to the amount of detail in this book. Themes which arise are associated with loss and retrieval. Rosie's Hat is by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, but it is quite different. It has become a favourite in our house - I have read it more times than I would care to admit! I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs. Rosie was excited. Very excited! Tomorrow, she’d be going on a camping holiday with her Mum and Dad. Rosie was six years old. She’d never been camping before, but her Mum had told her all about it.

Got to keep that steam warm, even when in the icy Colorado mountains. Rose wraps up in a chic cardigan duster, its warm brown hue complementing her sun-touched complexion and dark hair. You can heat things up with this Forever 21 number, which promises to keep you looking youthful through long winters. I do too,” said Mum. “Sunshine is lovely. But if we get too much sun our skin can easily burn and that can be dangerous. That’s why we put sunscreen on our skin and maybe wear a long-sleeved shirt if the sun is very bright. It’s also why we need to wear a hat.” Doctor Sleep, the film adaptation of Stephen King's sequel to The Shining, introduces a frightening new antagonist: Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), who leads a tribe of near-immortal creatures that feed on children with psychic abilities. These "shine vampires" are people who had the shining themselves before their transformation, and maintain their psychic abilities - which include everything from astral projection to mind control. Rose the Hat is a fictional character created by American writer Stephen King. She is the primary antagonist in his 2013 novel Doctor Sleep and in the 2019 film of the same name. She is portrayed by Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson. [1] Character arc [ edit ] Romain, Lindsey (8 November 2019). "DOCTOR SLEEP's Rose the Hat Is An All-Time Great Stephen King Villain". Nerdist . Retrieved 2 February 2021.Look at the use of colour in the illustrations. What colours can you see? How many different shades of each colour are there? Can you try to make similar colours / shades by mixing paint?