{"id":762,"date":"2021-03-21T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T10:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/?p=762"},"modified":"2021-03-24T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T01:59:57","slug":"the-bird-in-the-herd-new-release-picture-book-from-university-of-queensland-press-uqp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"The Bird in the Herd &#8211; New Release Picture Book from University of Queensland Press (UQP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Bird-in-the-Herd-xxx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Bird-in-the-Herd-xxx.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Bird-in-the-Herd-xxx-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Bird-in-the-Herd-xxx-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong>: The Bird in the Herd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>: Kathryn Apel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Illustrator<\/strong>: Ren\u00e9e Treml<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publisher<\/strong>: University of Queensland Press &#8211; UQP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publication date<\/strong>: March 2, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Themes<\/strong>: Rhyme, farming, visual literacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional notable information<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/d3f44jafdqsrtg.cloudfront.net\/books\/The-Bird-in-the-Herd_Teachers-Notes_FINAL.pdf\">Teachers&#8217; Notes<\/a> can be downloaded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uqp.com.au\/books\/the-bird-in-the-herd\">UQP website<\/a>. There is also a fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/d3f44jafdqsrtg.cloudfront.net\/books\/resources\/BITH-Activity-Pack_Final.pdf\">Activity Pack<\/a> that caters for a diverse range of learning styles. This Activity Pack is chock full of fun and creative activities as well as games. Some of the activities included involve: creating finger puppets, imaginative play that has  been designed to get students moving and is  inspired by the animals in the story, as well as a manipulative play idea where children are invited to create a miniature droving scene to recreate the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bird in the Herd by Kathryn Apel and Ren\u00e9e Treml is a delightful picture book that will captivate readers as they are transported to a farm with a cast of animals. This story is written in cumulative rhyming verse with couplets added before repeating the previous verses. This lends itself to children enthusiastically joining in as they become familiar with the repetition and rhythmic text. The rhyming words are boldly coloured in primary colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This story begins with a herd of cows who stir the slugs and bugs. A bird takes advantage of this situation as it spies these critters and swoops down to eat the slugs and bugs (notice the illustration where the reader sees the shadow as the bird approaches the land). This sets off a chain of activity on the farm and the reader is introduced to a dog, horse and drover going about their business until the serenity is broken with a noisy visitor which creates a ruckus on the once peaceful farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The astute reader will delight in the bright, lively sun-soaked illustrations as they observe additional information about life on the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This story lends itself to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Exploring poetic devices such as rhyme and onomatopoeia<\/li><li>Extracting meaning from the illustrations and \u2018reading the pictures\u2019. &nbsp;The illustrations add another layer to this story.<\/li><li>Discussions about the ways in which animals help each other. Egrets are often spotted on farms close to cows so they can consume the bugs the cattle disturb with their feet. They also sit on cows for a better vantage point to spot the insects. This is a springboard to further explore other symbiotic relationships that exist in the animal kingdom.<\/li><li>Consider natural and man-made events (man-made like the twist that happens at the end of the story) that can influence the behaviour of animals and the impact on a farm, for example, in terms of crops and livestock.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Children further exploring the daily routines of farmers. 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