What can we learn about friendship from books?
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
This is a great story to start our hunt for the answer to our main question.
Look at the picture on the front cover.
Do you think Pearl and Charlie look like friends?
How can you tell?
Who is the author/illustrator ?
How does Aaron Blabey draw the characters to show they are friends? (Look at colours, facial expressions,the lines and shapes used on both characters, the way the characters are positioned)
Do you think they have a "sameness" about them?
Now Look at the picture on the title page
Oh dear!
We start to get the feeling that not everything is the same about our two characters in this picture.
Look at the expressions on their faces. What's different now? What does Pearl seem to be saying and how does Charlie seem to be responding to this?
Pearl seems to be ready for ACTION. But Charlie doesn't seem so keen!
Notice how Pearl is now bigger in the picture (More lively and out there!) and Charlie is smaller and more towards the background (more scared and shy).
Now turn to the first page of the story
What are we told about the friendship of Pearl and Charlie on this first page?
BUT, I get the feeling from the picture that even though they are holding hands and we are told, they are really great friends there may be some differences between them.
Can you see how Aaron Blabey has made them different?
Now read the whole story and see what sort of friends they are! If you want, you can click on the picture of Aaron Blabey below and there is a link to him reading his own story!
Look at the picture on the front cover.
Do you think Pearl and Charlie look like friends?
How can you tell?
Who is the author/illustrator ?
How does Aaron Blabey draw the characters to show they are friends? (Look at colours, facial expressions,the lines and shapes used on both characters, the way the characters are positioned)
Do you think they have a "sameness" about them?
Now Look at the picture on the title page
Oh dear!
We start to get the feeling that not everything is the same about our two characters in this picture.
Look at the expressions on their faces. What's different now? What does Pearl seem to be saying and how does Charlie seem to be responding to this?
Pearl seems to be ready for ACTION. But Charlie doesn't seem so keen!
Notice how Pearl is now bigger in the picture (More lively and out there!) and Charlie is smaller and more towards the background (more scared and shy).
Now turn to the first page of the story
What are we told about the friendship of Pearl and Charlie on this first page?
BUT, I get the feeling from the picture that even though they are holding hands and we are told, they are really great friends there may be some differences between them.
Can you see how Aaron Blabey has made them different?
Now read the whole story and see what sort of friends they are! If you want, you can click on the picture of Aaron Blabey below and there is a link to him reading his own story!
After the story
Pearl
What sort of a character is Pearl?
What is she like?
What sorts of things does she like to do?
Charlie
What sort of a character is Charlie?
What is he like?
What sorts of things does he like to do?
Just about every page shows them doing opposite things. Even the words use opposites. Open a few pages, especially in the early part of the story and examine how the characters are opposites of each other.
Usually best friends have similar interests and enjoy the same things. Pearl and
Charlie are best friends, yet they are very different from each other. Is it
uncommon to like different things to your friends? How does it impact your
friendship?
How important are your very special friends? What do they do to make your life
happier and fuller? What do you do to be a special friend to them? Consider the things that Pearl and Charlie do for one another, such as helping each other
feel brave, keeping each other safe and sound, and giving one another positive
messages such as ‘you’re great’. All of these things have nothing to do with
being the same or different, but rather they are about feeling warmth and love
for each other, and showing it through their actions and the things they say and
do for each other.
Pearl and Charlie realise that it is important to support the things that the other
person does, even if it doesn’t necessarily agree with the way they would do
things themselves. For example, when Pearl is silly enough to forget her
mittens on a cold day, Charlie doesn’t make her learn her lesson, but instead
just shares his own warmth with her. When Charlie is scared of a shadow, Pearl
doesn’t make fun of his fear, but instead shows him that he is brave in other
ways. When Pearl gets tired from running amok, Charlie doesn’t point out that it
is her own fault for doing so much, but instead he comforts her until she feels
better. This sort of behaviour is called having empathy, which means
understanding how another person might be feeling, even if we don’t have
those same feelings ourself. Think of some times when you have felt empathy
for something someone close to you is feeling, and how you were able to help
them feel better. What about some times that someone has shown empathy
towards you?
Looking at the pictures and colour for emotions
How have the illustrations been used to express emotions? Look at the colours
used in the second half of the book, when one feels bad and the other is able to
comfort them. Their sadness or discomfort is shown in muted shades of blues
and greys, and when they are helped by their friend to feel better, the colour
returns to the picture to show that things have been righted.
So after reading Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley what message have we got about friendship?
What can we learn about friendship from this book?
What sort of a character is Pearl?
What is she like?
What sorts of things does she like to do?
Charlie
What sort of a character is Charlie?
What is he like?
What sorts of things does he like to do?
Just about every page shows them doing opposite things. Even the words use opposites. Open a few pages, especially in the early part of the story and examine how the characters are opposites of each other.
Usually best friends have similar interests and enjoy the same things. Pearl and
Charlie are best friends, yet they are very different from each other. Is it
uncommon to like different things to your friends? How does it impact your
friendship?
How important are your very special friends? What do they do to make your life
happier and fuller? What do you do to be a special friend to them? Consider the things that Pearl and Charlie do for one another, such as helping each other
feel brave, keeping each other safe and sound, and giving one another positive
messages such as ‘you’re great’. All of these things have nothing to do with
being the same or different, but rather they are about feeling warmth and love
for each other, and showing it through their actions and the things they say and
do for each other.
Pearl and Charlie realise that it is important to support the things that the other
person does, even if it doesn’t necessarily agree with the way they would do
things themselves. For example, when Pearl is silly enough to forget her
mittens on a cold day, Charlie doesn’t make her learn her lesson, but instead
just shares his own warmth with her. When Charlie is scared of a shadow, Pearl
doesn’t make fun of his fear, but instead shows him that he is brave in other
ways. When Pearl gets tired from running amok, Charlie doesn’t point out that it
is her own fault for doing so much, but instead he comforts her until she feels
better. This sort of behaviour is called having empathy, which means
understanding how another person might be feeling, even if we don’t have
those same feelings ourself. Think of some times when you have felt empathy
for something someone close to you is feeling, and how you were able to help
them feel better. What about some times that someone has shown empathy
towards you?
Looking at the pictures and colour for emotions
How have the illustrations been used to express emotions? Look at the colours
used in the second half of the book, when one feels bad and the other is able to
comfort them. Their sadness or discomfort is shown in muted shades of blues
and greys, and when they are helped by their friend to feel better, the colour
returns to the picture to show that things have been righted.
So after reading Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley what message have we got about friendship?
What can we learn about friendship from this book?
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