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watercolour detail from Can You See a Little Bear by James Mayhew and Jackie Morris
Find out as much as you can about camels, where they live and what they eat and more.
watercolour detail from Can You See a Little Bear by James Mayhew and Jackie Morris
The camel is often called a "ship of the desert". Write a journey through the night time landscape of a desert, with a sky so full of stars that they light your path, and moonshadows making the soft sand purple in the night.
watercolour detail from Can You See a Little Bear by James Mayhew and Jackie Morris
There are many odd things happening in this picture if you look carefully, with balancing teapots and mermaids and zebras. Put together a short poem or play using these things as your starting place.
watercolour detail from Can You See a Little Bear by James Mayhew and Jackie Morris

Find out about the Buddhist story of the hare and the moon.

watercolour detail from Can You See a Little Bear by James Mayhew and Jackie Morris

Write a cinquain based on the picture. A cinquaine is a poem with five lines each with a set number of syllables (2,4,6,8,2) e.g.

 

Desert

hot baking sand

camels proud and snooty

passing by dolphin filled oceans

aloof.

 

 

watercolour detail from Can You See a Little Bear by James Mayhew and Jackie Morris

Write an alternative nursery rhyme based on the picture, e.g.

 

Hey diddle diddle

The peacock and camel

The hare jumped over the moon

The dolphins whistled to see such fun

And the bear said, "where's my balloon?"

 

 

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