The Rascally Cake

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Jeanne Willis, The Rascally Cake, ( Andersen Press) (London, England), 1994, winner of the Children's Book Award

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In 1986 Paul met the editor, Ron Heapy, at Oxford University Press, who looked at his work and commissioned him to draw several pictures for a short book about a witch written by Valerie Thomas as part of OUP's Reading Tree programme. [5] Paul liked the story enough to turn it into a complete picture book. Although this was not strictly within Paul's brief, Heapy nevertheless presented it to the OUP delegates. The resulting book, Winnie the Witch, went on to win the Red House Children's Book Award in 1988 and has since been published in over 10 languages. [6] Paul's illustrations for this are full of visual jokes and witty detail. [7] Since then he has illustrated a further nineteen Winnie the Witch titles that have sold over 7 million copies. [5] [1] [6]After we make a meal of it, you are invited to hang around and share your devilish dishes together. Cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and ward off evil cakes in this fun-filled, messy performance about food. RUFUS saumskins oparsley doesn't eat anything normal it had to be greasy. He likes to cook and u cod not imagine what kind of ingredients he can put!!! The ghastly Mr Skumskins O'Parsley's favourite dishes include wormcast butties, squashed tadpoles on toast and bogey burgers. O'Parsley decides one day to bake an extra special cake, with more revolting ingredients than you can possibly imagine. However, when the cake decides to eat HIM, he realises it is time to mend his ways. Hamish Vigne Christie " Korky" Paul (born 1951) is a British illustrator of children's books. He was born and raised in Rhodesia, but now lives in Oxford, England. His work, characteristically executed with bright watercolour paint and pen and ink, is recognisable by an anarchic yet detailed style and for its "wild characterisation". He is most known for his illustration of the series Winnie the Witch. [1] Biography [ edit ] Paul giving a lecture on illustrating children's books

The Rascally Cake, ISBN 9781842707173 - Better Read The Rascally Cake, ISBN 9781842707173 - Better Read

This is the thoroughly revolting tale of the ghastly Mr. Skumskins O'Parsley, whose favourite dishes include wormcast butties, squashed tadpoles on toast and bogey burgers. O'Parsley decides one day to bake an extra special cake, with more revolting ingredients than you can possibly imagine, but when the cake decides to eat HIM, he realizes it is time to mend his ways. Abrakadoodle ARTIST OF DISTINCTION: Book Illustrator – Korky Paul". Abrakadoodle Inc. 2005. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012 . Retrieved 6 November 2012. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuthHe has original artwork on display at The Mazza Collection Galleria, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, US. He went to Estcourt High School [3] before graduating from Durban School of Art in 1972 and working at an advertising agency in Cape Town. [4] In 1976 he travelled to Greece where he met James Watt, then working for a Greek publisher who commissioned Paul to illustrate a series of educational books teaching Greek children to speak the 'Queen's English'. Great book to read to elementary aged kids, best for grades 1-4. It rhymes (thus reads aloud well) and it is funny and gross. The pics are quite too detailed to get it all in, but colourful enough to capture kids attention. Great for boys! Three of Paul's picture books have been adapted for CD-ROM; The Fish Who Could Wish which won the European Multi-Media Award (EMMA) in 1995, [8] Dragon Poems and Winnie the Witch.

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In 2015/2016, he was the 7th most borrowed illustrator in UK public libraries. [10] Partial bibliography [ edit ] Written and Illustrated [ edit ] Julianna Bethlen, Dracula Junior and the Fake Fangs, paper engineering by Richard Ferguson (Dial) 1996 This week in Literacy we are reading the book The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis and Korky Paul. In the book, Mr Rufus Skumskins O’Parsely, the main character, wants to bake a cake. However, he uses very unusual and revolting ingredients! Today, we used our imagination to think of different things that Rufus could use. Here are some of our disgusting ideas…I read this book to my year 2 class and they loved it! They all became immersed into the story and loved to look at the pictures. The book also has a rhyming scheme and I find that this is definitely something that the children enjoy as they like to read along with the story. After the story we all engaged in a conversation about what ingredients we would include to make our own rascally cake! It rhymes throughout and has fantastic descriptions of the most vile ingredients imaginable, which of course elicits a thrillingly repulsed response from children! Due to the rhythmic text, it creates real drama when read aloud. (I personally think almost all poetry is at its best when read aloud, or performed.) Paul lives in Oxford and is married to the artist Susan Moxley. Together they have two children, Oska and Zoë. [6] a b "Windows into Illustration: Korky Paul". Books for Keeps (136). September 2002 . Retrieved 20 March 2011.