Voices in the Park Kindle Edition

This is an excellent book to teach point of view and illustrations adding to text. The students really enjoyed the read-aloud. I then divided them into groups by character with text and illustrations . They loved the illustrations and discovered a lot by analyzing text, illustrations and author's inferences. Highly recommended!

My sons enjoyed this book and the illustrations do much that I ought it for my great nephews!

I read this with my third graders, and they absolutely love it!

The book was recommended and I love the beautiful art.

daughter loved the book and came on time thank you

Great book to use for teaching perspective.

I love how each of the four characters notice and care about different things although they all experience the same events in the same place. There was a review saying that the reader was disappointed by the word “twat” appearing. It does NOT. The word used by the little girl is “twit,” which perfectly describes her assessment of a mother who treats her dog like a child and her child like a dog. I have used this book in a classroom to help students learn about POV, then ask them to write their own stories using a particular POV with the same characters, plot and setting. They got it and had fun.

As a teacher, I love this book because it really makes the idea of perspective come to life especially for elementary students. Anthony Browne does a great job explaining what perspective is through his writing and his illustrations.

Voices In The Park was written by Anthony Browne and illustrated by Anthony Browne. This book was published in 1998 in Great Britain. The book is 32 pages long, the genre is life. Voices In The Park has won the Kurt Maschler Award.In short, this is the story of a trip to the park as told by the four people who happen to be there at the same time. The writing is divided into four ‘voices’ as each character tells their part of the story in their own perspective This turns a normal story of people going to the park into an orchestral narrative with each voice providing a distinctive tone and pitch to the overall story. The concept may be unusual in children’s english which on the whole is dominated by ‘beginning-middle-end' structures.My favourite part of the book is when Smudge and Charles are having fun and playing together because it makes me feel great that they did not care about each other's genders in the end. My favourite character is Smudge because she finds a way to cheer her father up.I recommend this book to ages 3 to 10yrs, I think it is a great book to help them learn about different peoples perspective on life and how their mood can change that.

I bought this book for my daughter as it was one of the Fifty Reads book for Year 3 (so 7-8 years old). The recommended age range on the product page is 5-7 but I think this might be a little too young, I think older children will understand the story more and it's not really a happy story.Basically it's the same story - a trip to the park - told from four different perspectives. I think it's one of the 50 reads books as it gets your child to think about story structure and how different characters can see the same events in a different way. On that level it works well, especially if you talk about what is happening at the end of each little story.You can also talk about which characters you think are happier because although the boy lives in a big house and the girl lives in a flat in a tower block, it seems that the girl is happier. If you like happy stories this might not be for you as it's definitely more melancholy.Overall - good for looking at story structure and character perspective but I think less a book that you'll come back to again and again.

Book review written by a Year 4 pupil during lockdown:The story is about four characters all going to the park. They all go for different reasons and they all think of the park in their own way. They each have different lives at home. They all love the fresh air at the park.This book was unusual as it was like four different stories all put together as one. Each of the four characters have their own thoughts and worries for different reasons.It was a fantastic book and it was really interesting. Different seasons are shown for each character, so you can understand how they are feeling. E.g. Smudge is shown on a bright sunny day and it’s colourful compared to when it’s winter and dark and gloomy. This helped me understand what the characters were feeling.I would definitely recommend this book to my age group (9 years old). It’s a clever story, each time you read it you will notice something new in the pictures. It would be fun to read in a group to see what we all notice.Holly (aged 9)

I ordered this book by Kindle, in plenty of time for when I needed it (to study as part of a literature course), but on opening it found that the right-hand side of every page was missing, cutting off the picture and text. The result was unreadable and I had to return it and buy the paper version.

A really well written and thought provoking book. Perfect for a home learning. I purchased this to use with 7 year old as recommended by her school teacher. However I would say this book would be suitable for older children also. The same experience is told by four different people, which helps to see how events can be perceived differently by other people. The discussion can be around how this can be applied to true life.