Mr Eden is a teacher with the magic to make stories live. Here he offers his class two very different GORILLA DREAMS.
Mr Eden tells his class two gorilla stories: one crazy, one lyrical.
The spellbinding Mr Eden is a storyteller, but a character too. What does he know of gorilla dreams?
Mr Eden is a teacher with the magic to make stories live. Here he offers his class two very different GORILLA DREAMS.
First there’s the crazy, knockabout humour of Gilbert’s story. He’s a gentle gorilla who wants to be cool – like his classmate Groover the Mover on his skateboard and motorbike. But Gilbert has a secret that could make a fool of him.
Secondly there’s Sanyu, one of a troop of silverbacks in Uganda and everything the wildlife books describe – except that he loves to dance. He shares his story with a girl called Akello, whose life is touched by sadness, poverty and danger, but also courage and beauty.
The spellbinding Mr Eden is a storyteller, but a character too. What does he know of gorilla dreams?
An avid reader who adored her poet and storyteller father, Sue Hampton shared with her brother Dave a vivid world of the imagination, becoming Robin Hood in the garden and creating new worlds where her toys could play. Having earned a First Class degree from London University (B.Ed hons) with English as her main subject, she taught at two primary schools in Newham and then at Dulwich College before becoming a mum – during this career break she ran a business from home, cooking and freezing veggie and vegan meals. She still loves baking. Returning to teaching in Herts after a twelve year gap, Sue made sure her primary school classrooms were colourful and creative places where Story Time was sacrosanct. In the work of Michael Morpurgo in particular she found [...]
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