The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect summer reading

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This resource uses an extract from the passage and involves your children identifying the nouns, verbs and adjectives within the text.

The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect

This was a beautiful story of friendships, family, and love that took place over two time periods. On audio, it was sometimes confusing to remember who was speaking and in what time period. This can be contributed to having only one (lovely) narrator and/or scattered-brain on audio. 😉 I started it Apr 29 figuring I'd probably finish it the week leading up to Mother's Day. I felt from the description it would be a good 'themed' read due to the 'mother' story line. Well...I finished it May 1. Ooops! I just couldn't put it down. I listened to the audiobook of The Book of Lost and Found which was superbly narrated by Fiona Hardingham. Kate's time with Tom was my favorite part. I wish I could go on a vacation at that place on the Sea! Although part of the story is during WWII, it’s not really about that. It’s a bigger picture of how you choose certain people to be in your life, and how you chose to live without certain people in your life. Consequences…pain…love unrequited???There are eight different worksheets and levels of differentiation so you can choose which suits your Year 1 / Year 2 class. In this resource aimed at Year 1 / Year 2 we have focused on some of the vocabulary used in the story. This is a reading resource that can be used after reading the story. It focuses on sequencing the events in the Lost and Found story.

The Book of Lost and Found : A Novel - Google Books

THE BOOK OF LOST AND FOUND is about a young woman's quest to discover the story behind a portrait done 50 years ago, and one that her grandmother kept hidden for many years. The "present" (Kate's story) was set in the 1980s, while the young artist's love story was set in the 1930s. Who is the mysterious woman in the portrait who looks so much like Kate's mother? Not everything is tied up nice and neatly at the end and, to be honest, I could have done with just a little more . . . This actually would be a good read for 'Grandparents Day.' The way the characters dealt with, thought through, and talked through loss was just beautiful. So real. There's love and longing for your lost loved ones, but also some guilt and some opportunity to understand them even better.So what makes a book worthy of 5 stars? For fiction, it has to be one that I couldn't put down at for at least a large chunk of it. Since I can rarely finish a book in one day even if I want to, if I end up dreaming about the book that's also a sign of 5 stars. Historical fiction has to have a significant anchor in the history it's drawing from AND a great story that is both timeless and is tied to the time described simultaneously. One of these days I will learn that just because I love a recent work of an author does not mean that I will automatically love all of that author's books - especially their debut book. As much as I adored Lucy Foley's recent book, The Hunting Party, this one just did not work for me in any way.

Lost and Found - Oliver Jeffers Primary Resources - Twinkl Lost and Found - Oliver Jeffers Primary Resources - Twinkl

Lijepa životna priča o neostvarenoj ljubavi koja je trajala preko 50 godina, prkoseći predrasudama, klasama i ratu. stars rounded up for better than average prose flow. It's slow moving and fully effusive. All generations from Thomas Stafford forward gush and emote. ABOUT 'THE BOOK OF LOST AND FOUND': Kate Darling's enigmatic mother--a once-famous ballerina--has passed away, leaving Kate bereft. When her grandmother falls ill and bequeaths to Kate a small portrait of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Kate's mother, Kate uncovers a mystery that may upend everything she thought she knew. Kate’s journey to find the woman in the portrait would take her to many places – from her home in London, to Corsica, Paris and New York. When she was finally able to arrange a meeting with the reclusive but famous artist, Thomas Stafford on the island of Corsica, she had no idea what the future would be. She was nervous, scared and sure she had made the wrong decision. But a determination she’d inherited from her famous ballerina mother kept her moving forward. And as she gradually learned about the past, Kate came to realise there was a deep and romantic love story which had spanned decades unfolding in front of her. Although there is a lot of sadness and grief in The Book of Lost and Found, there is also a great deal of joy and my emotions soared and dipped as I read.This is an unusual love story disrupted by the conventions of the times, careers and by war. The writing is very assured for a debut novel and the characters are well drawn, particularly the central women, Alice and Kate and artist Thomas Stafford. It makes for a fascinating tale, spanning three generations, continents and time periods seamlessly. However, it was a very good choice and one that should be considered seriously by historical fiction junkies. As with all books in this genre the continuing story through the decades depends on a number of coincidences and tortured decisions to keep both the mystery element alive so although there were times that I desperately wished that the protagonists would say, or do, something different, perhaps for once take the sensible option, it wasn’t to be! And nor could it be. Again with books of this type I often prefer either the past or the present and as is often the case, the past was more engaging but I did enjoy the way that Kate was far from irrelevant to the story, she did have a stronger part to play than simply being the narrator of the events of previous years. After the death of her beloved mother and grandmother, Kate is alone and bereft but has the opportunity find her unknown family through a sketch of a beautiful woman who closely resembles her mother, but was clearly from an earlier time. Travelling to Corsica, Paris and New York she uncovers the dramatic love story of Tom and Alice and the consequences of decisions made in difficult times, where happy endings are elusive. Under any other circumstances, I wouldn't have bothered. The synopsis read as a little cliché and I already knew that I wasn't a fan of the writing. But the supposedly stirring romantic element - "a classic sweeping love story", one critic claims - had me interested. I was in the mood for something moving.

THE BOOK OF LOST AND FOUND | Kirkus Reviews

This is a useful reading resource for when you are working on recounts. Your class can use some of the key words on the word mat to retell the story. The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley is a story of deep and abiding love, but of separation and sadness, loyalty and caring. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey with Kate through the lives of the characters as she slowly found the answers she sought. The Book of Lost and Found is one I have no hesitation in recommending. This is a debut novel. This author has great potential. She notices the details. She uses some lovely phrases. She understands human emotions. She just uses too many words! One lovely starry sky could have been described in one well-constructed sentence instead of four long clumsy ones. That is only one example of her verbosity.This book covers many things - love lost, grief, separation, and family secrets. An OK read for me, just never truly hooked me. We have included sounds from different phases and a blank copy to give your class the opportunity to choose sounds they know. Jedna od tema je okupacija Pariza od strane nacista za vrijeme II svj.rata. Pravljenje pamfleta kao vid pružanja otpora vidu letaka i buđenja svijesti o okupatoru kod običnih ljudi. I ta tema je vjerodostojno obrađena. MY THOUGHTS: The settings in this book are marvelous - from London to Paris to New York, Venice and Corsica, over a time span from the 1920s to the 1980s, this family saga enchants and enthralls. The author manages to stir an emotional reaction to just about every scene and character in the plot. The prose is really good, devoid of sentimental fuzz. I enjoyed the authors economy with words and her ability to use show don't tell proficiently.