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The Tunnel
Scornful of his little sister's fear, a young boy decides to explore a tunnel, forcing his sister to go after him when he doesn't return.
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(first published 1989)
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I read The Tunnel on the back of being fascinated by another Anthony Browne story Voices in the Park.
Resemblance in picture quality is equal if not better within this book, setting the spooky scenes in which the story experiences.
If the reader is able to surpass the illustrations a beautiful relationship is formed and shared between a brother and sister of whom usually argue, disagree and clash in terms of stereotypical characteristics and lifestyles.
Jack, being the boy he is sets out to expl...more
Resemblance in picture quality is equal if not better within this book, setting the spooky scenes in which the story experiences.
If the reader is able to surpass the illustrations a beautiful relationship is formed and shared between a brother and sister of whom usually argue, disagree and clash in terms of stereotypical characteristics and lifestyles.
Jack, being the boy he is sets out to expl...more
“The Tunnel”, by Anthony Browne, is a fantastic book with wonderful imaginative imagery. The story is about overcoming sibling rivalry. Rose and Jack are two very different characters who are always bickering much to the dismay of their mother. One day, sick of their constant fighting, she tell them they must spend the day together in the park. Rose sits placidly on the grass doing her own thing while Jack explores and ends up crawling into a mysterious tunnel. When Rose urges him to return, the...more
The Tunnel by Anthony Browne is a very interesting book. It tells the story of a brother and sister who argue all the time, when their mother sends them out to play together and they discover a tunnel, their relationship is changed forever. The brother, whose name we do not find out until the end, crawls through the tunnel ignoring of his sister’s protests, and ends up in a magical forest. When her brother does not return, Rose follows him into the tunnel and finds him turned to stone.
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Apr 18, 2012
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A fascinating adventure story that is more suitable for Key stage 2 due to the context. Initially, it presents a familiar scene of sibling rivalry that all children will be able to identify and relate to at some level. The author’s portrayal of the contrasting male and female characters is particularly stereotypical - Jack likes to play football, roughly. He is a loud boisterous young man, while Rose is quiet and nervous; she enjoys spending her time reading endless books. This idea of stereotyp...more
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The strong points that this book contains is it encourages the moral development and understanding of loyalty, family and friendship closeness. It also demonstrates what it means to have a kind, helpful, and caring nature. However whilst reinforcing the uniqueness of the loving sibling relationship, it may encourage children to keep secrets from their parents. So may therefore to some extent be a negative influence. Other weaker points of this book are the scary themes and pictures in...more
The strong points that this book contains is it encourages the moral development and understanding of loyalty, family and friendship closeness. It also demonstrates what it means to have a kind, helpful, and caring nature. However whilst reinforcing the uniqueness of the loving sibling relationship, it may encourage children to keep secrets from their parents. So may therefore to some extent be a negative influence. Other weaker points of this book are the scary themes and pictures in...more
The Tunnel by Anthony Browned is a profound picture book about sibling relations. It tells the story of a brother and sister who are complete opposites and constantly fight and argue. The sister is easily scared and loves to read while her brother loves adventures.
One day there mother gets so sick of their bickering that she sends them out to play together despite their protests. While they are out they discover a tunnel. The boy goes through it at once, dismissing his sister's fears. When he d...more
One day there mother gets so sick of their bickering that she sends them out to play together despite their protests. While they are out they discover a tunnel. The boy goes through it at once, dismissing his sister's fears. When he d...more
This books tells the story of a mother's plan to end a sibling rivalry. Rose and Jack are brother and sister and could not be any different. Their mother is fed up with their quarriling and sends them outside to play together. Due to their very different interests, Jack explores a waste ground and finds a tunnel, which he enters. Rose, being timid and scared, waits on the otherside of the tunnel for her brother. When he does not return, Rose puts her fears aside and enters the tunnel to find her...more
After reading Voices in the Park I felt a little disappointed by the simplicity of this story. However, after thinking about this story and revising the illustrations, I noticed Browne's interesting, sequential pattern in his illustrations. I really liked how Brown starts the story with several, small framed illustrations, moves into two or one images, and then subtly into whole page, vivid images with absolutely no border. I felt as if the larger the images got, the more we were getting in to t...more
This was a great book. The book is about a brother and sister who don't get along, but in the end, a bad incident brought them together. It has both borders and full bleed pages. The pictures are very detailed. Even the beginning and ending pages are pictures. It reminded me of the little red riding hood because the little girl in the book is wearing a red coat and walks through the scary dark woods. The trees in the story are creepy and have animal features. On of the trees even has like a wolf...more
Once upon a time there lived a sister and brother who were not at all alike. They fought and argued all the time. Then one morning they discovered the tunnel and everything changed ...
Thats what the blub on the back says anyway.
Sadly this is just another weird and wacky issues book by Browne. The brothers a bully the mother doesnt address this, instead send them out together as she was "impatient of them". Brother goes through the tunnel, sister who is worried about him follows and discovers him...more
Thats what the blub on the back says anyway.
Sadly this is just another weird and wacky issues book by Browne. The brothers a bully the mother doesnt address this, instead send them out together as she was "impatient of them". Brother goes through the tunnel, sister who is worried about him follows and discovers him...more
The Tunnel by Anthony Browne is a story about friendship and the bond between siblings. The two main characters Rose and Jack are brothers and sister who could not be any more different. Jack is very adventures and carefree while Rose is very withdrawn and safe. Jack and Rose begin fighting one day and annoy their mother. When she just cannot take it any more she sends them outside to play. When they come across a tunnel Jacks adventures nature will simply not allow him to not explore it. Rose i...more
Jack and Rose are siblings who are argue due to their differences. Their mother was fed up with their bickering and so made them spend the day together. While they were playing they came across a mysterious tunnel, without any thought Jack entered the tunnel, but Rose who is scared of the dark was afraid to enter. After some thought she entered as Jack had been in there for too long. Once she entered the tunnel she came into a mysterious forest with where Jack had been turned into a rock. She sa...more
I read the book The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. This book was a bit strange at first glance but as you read you realize there is a wonderful message coming across. The story is about a brother and sister who don't get along and are always bickering (a bit like my kids). They have a certain experience which makes them appreciate one another in the end.
The illustrations in this book are a bit strange and at one point a bit strange as they were showing how scary it was for the children, it is a great...more
The illustrations in this book are a bit strange and at one point a bit strange as they were showing how scary it was for the children, it is a great...more
The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. I personally enjoyed this book very much. It was about a brother and sister named Jack and Rose. The two use to never get along, but in the end they realize they actually care for one another very much. I'm sure many siblings could relate to this book, I know I can. I thought the illustrations were great and full of detail and color. I liked how the tree had many different images within it. This is a great story for younger children, if I enjoyed it, i'm sure they w...more
I thought this was the cutest book! I have siblings so I related to this book. Also me and my brother used to argue a lot and now we r the best of friends. I would love to show this book to my kids because i know they all fight with their siblings so they can definitely relate to this book. I would maybe have them talk to each other and see how they reacted in certain situations and maybe talk about some things that they have done together with their siblings. Im sure they will learn a lot from...more
I read this book with my Y3 class over a week long literacy module. We read up until the girl reaches the tunnel and then the children wrote about the girls dilemma - should she go into the tunnel to find her brother? We discussed the different personalities of the brother and sister which developed further into talking about stereotypes and beliefs about the differing behaviours of boys and girls. The subtle clues that are hidden in the pictures acted as a catalyst for discussion about other fa...more
Browne embraces his dark side in this picture book about a brother and sister who fight with each other. Their mother gets fed up, sends them outside to play, and they discover a tunnel.
The brother goes into the tunnel, but the sister is too scared to join him. When he doesn't return, she's compelled to find out what has happened. Her ability to take that risk leads to a chilling and satisfying conclusion.
The brother goes into the tunnel, but the sister is too scared to join him. When he doesn't return, she's compelled to find out what has happened. Her ability to take that risk leads to a chilling and satisfying conclusion.
I thought this was cute book, I liked how the kids did not get along together in the beginning and then in the end they did. I also like the way the author takes them through the tunnel and end up in the forest. The forest made up of trees that have animals drawn into them. I think that my students would love this book.
In the book the little girl reads allot of books this allows different stories to be introduced into the book, pictures of the images of the different books in this book are shown as the girl’s imagination.
The tunnel contains a lot of intertextuality, there is allot of contrast of colours and images in this book this helps children to stay engaged on looking at the pictures because they are attractive.
This book could be used as a basis for discussion within classroom children could rewrite the...more
The tunnel contains a lot of intertextuality, there is allot of contrast of colours and images in this book this helps children to stay engaged on looking at the pictures because they are attractive.
This book could be used as a basis for discussion within classroom children could rewrite the...more
This is such a lovely story. Again, amazing illustrations that compound the message in the story, simply told but in a way that gets right to the heart of the message. Love it.
fantastical and evocative from one of my favorite writer/illustrators. great concept to get little ones appreciative of their siblings, despite their quarrels.
A good book to read to brothers and sisters that fight a lot. Grade 1.
i wish my brother and i would have read this 20 years ago!
I really liked this book very much.
Good like anthony brownes others
Not much words. odd pictures.
The Tunnel is book about a brother and sister called Rose and Jack. This book shows the unconditional love between siblings. Although Rose and Jack don't get along and fight a lot, they come together for each other in the end. The book is very easy to relate to as most have a sibling. This book is great example for children to learn not to take people for granted and to that some people find it hard to show their true feelings. This book has wonderful illustrations and I recommend it for all age...more
one of the best
Mar 06, 2011
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This book would be great for siblings.
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Anthony Browne, a Hans Christian Andersen Medalist, is the author-illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including SILLY BILLY and LITTLE BEAUTY. He lives in Kent, England.
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Anthony Browne, a Hans Christian Andersen Medalist, is the author-illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including SILLY BILLY and LITTLE BEAUTY. He lives in Kent, England.
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