Here We Are: The phenomenal international bestseller from Oliver Jeffers

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Traigo a colación esto porque Aquí estamos, nos habla precisamente, de lo hermoso que es nuestro planeta. De su diversidad, no solo entre sus animales, sino en sus humanos; nos habla de valores, de lo mucho que le hace falta a este planeta, del valor que le damos a la vida y de nuestro lugar aquí, donde estamos. Para mí, una adulta de 27 que aun busca su camino, sus ilustraciones y palabras me hicieron pensar y pensar en dónde estoy y qué hago.

Here We Are — Oliver Jeffers

We have loads of amazing resources, like this Here We are Oliver Jeffers PowerPoint, to give kids an insight into the life and works of Oliver Jeffers. And for more insight into Oliver Jeffers' life, you could also have a look at this Oliver Jeffers PowerPoint. Written as a manual to life on Earth from new dad Oliver Jeffers to his baby son, this simple, life-affirming picture book is both an overview of Earth and a guide to living well: concepts of kindness, tolerance and environmental responsibility flow seamlessly into the sparse but perfectly judged text. There is a quote from J.M. Barrie at the beginning of the book. Can you find other inspirational quotes and share what they mean with others?

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How many different types of plants can you see in the book? How many animals? How many different habitats? Use this reading comprehension activity to help pupils learn more about the author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers, who grew up in Belfast. The biographical resource could be used as part of Literacy lessons and also links to art and design. Pupils could use the information to research significant authors and illustrators. As you'd expect from Oliver Jeffers, the illustrations are detailed, original and inventive, showcasing the beautiful diversity of Earth, but also curating a mood of safety, curiosity and wonder. Así que aquí estamos, en ese pálido punto azul. Pequeñas motas de polvo existiendo por un momento. Arrojados a través del espacio y el tiempo, tan solo para brillar por unos momentos. Estos momentos son todo lo que tenemos en esta vida. Trabajamos, reímos, lloramos, hacemos el amor, escribimos libros, construimos imperios, creamos guerras. A menudo tratamos de ignorar el hecho de que estos momentos son temporales. Que todos nuestros imperios y el producto nacional bruto, que nuestro arte y nuestra literatura, que nuestros pantalones de diseñador de trescientos dólares, que todo nuestro conocimiento y tecnología, creatividad y legado será borrado. Todo va a desaparecer en algún punto junto a todo lo demás.

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Earth is the place where we live: it's full of wonderful creatures, depths and heights. Then there are people, who have bodies, which are pretty amazing things. People act, look and sound different. There are lots of different animals, too, and there's still so much to do. The most important thing is to be kind, and know that there's enough for everyone: on Earth, you can never be alone. The book includes a huge collection of vocabulary to describe Earth. Can you make a dictionary based on these words?Mira de nuevo a ese punto. Eso es aquí. Es nuestra casa. Eso somos nosotros. En ese punto están todos los que amas, todos los que conoces, todos de los que has escuchado hablar, cada ser humano que alguna vez existió, aquellos que vivieron sus vidas. La suma de nuestra alegría y sufrimiento, miles de religiones, ideologías, doctrinas económicas, cada cazador y recolector, cada héroe y cobarde, cada creador y destructor de la civilización, cada rey y campesino, cada pareja enamorada, cada madre y cada padre, niños llenos de esperanza, inventores y exploradores, cada maestro con ética, cada político corrupto, cada superestrella, cada líder supremo, cada santo y pecador en la historia de nuestra especie vivió allí, en una mota de polvo suspendida en un rayo de sol.” Watch this video trailer for the book. Could you make your own trailer for this book (or another one of your favourite books)?

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Oliver Jeffers is an artist and author from Northern Ireland who has written many amazing children’s books. His most recent book, Here We Are, provides wonderful insight into lots of interesting questions about earth and life, whilst also highlighting the beauty in the diversity of our planet. This book is great for younger children as it contains lots of important life lessons.Celebrated author/artist Oliver Jeffers, inspired by the birth of his son, presents a picture-book love letter to our planet in this beautiful new book. "Here we are," the narrator informs us, pointing to our blue globe, as it hangs in space. From the land to the sea, from people to animals, all the wonderful, marvelous kinds of creature and thing that go to make up our planet are detailed. So too are various pieces of advice about living in this world of ours, from cherishing the time we have (there isn't much of it) to being kind to the other residents. In the end, on Earth, you are never alone... It has a great way of making me appreciate that this is our place and how we treat the world is up to us. The dodo explains that it isn’t supposed to be in the book. Why is this? Can you find out about other animals that have become extinct? What can we do to protect animals on our planet? Me gustaría comenzar esta reseña con una frase de Carl Sagan en referencia a la imagen captada por la sonda espacial Vogayer 1 en 1990. En ella, en ese pálido punto azul, estamos nosotros. Esa es la Tierra.

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This book contains things that the author thinks his baby son needs to know. Make your own set of notes that tell younger children things they need to know. This PowerPoint then delves into Jeffers’ love for art and where it began. It tells the story of how Jeffers always loved art and how, as a teenager, school friends would ask him to draw on their schoolbags and skateboards. Our solar system is one of millions, billions, trillions. Can you write these numbers using digits? Y es que este libro ilustrado te invita a recordar que todos somos diferentes, pero al mismo tiempo, iguales. Te invita a recordar que eres parte de algo, de un planeta, aunque a veces en el traqueteo de la vida no te des cuenta. Por su sencillez, al ser una obra dedicada hacia los niños, Oliver Jeffers transmite todo ese amor de manera efímera, en una gama de colores brillantes y muy pocas palabras. Creo que para un niño puede resultar más sencillo de entender, porque normalmente, creo yo, son puros y no tienen la cabeza llena de pensamientos angustiantes y dolorosos como los adultos. No juzgan por religiones, aspectos o estatus. Creo que los adultos sí tendemos a hacerlo y por ello, Jeffers habla mayormente de lo que él quiere transmitir a su hijo: el mensaje del amor. In this video, Oliver Jeffers talks about the creation of this book. What questions would you like to ask him?

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Me invitó a la reflexión y creo yo que por ello deberían leerlo. Lo recomiendo bastante, sí que sí.