The next book I chose to include in this blog is a
children’s picture book called ‘Who is the world for?’ written by Tom Pow and
illustrated by Robert Ingpen. This book follows the form of baby animals from
different environments asking their parent the philosophical question of ‘who
is the world for?’ The parent then responds with a statement of wondrous and
beautiful things in their habitat concluding with statement ‘The world is for
you’.
The story concludes with the reflected imagery of a father
and son at bedtime, and the son echoing the question of ‘who is the world for?’
The father then refers to all of the animals and the babies shown in the
earlier pages and concludes that the world is for all of these but also ‘the
world is for you.’ It appears to be written as a potential story to wind down before
bed for parents with young children, but I think there are deeper elements to
the book that could be used in a school environment.
The illustrations are prepared with care and have great
realism depicting abundant detail in the varied environments. The animals are
portrayed majestically, but are also shown with vulnerability to the threat of
their habitat being lost by human influence. Due to these conveyed messages I
feel this book is appropriate for an environmentally focussed unit in SOSE.
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