Puffy And The Formidable Foe

I just love these books. Anne Gutman's very, very simple tale is sweet and touching. The illustrations are by Georg Hallensleben, the same illustrator who did Gutman's Lisa and Gaspard series, and his slightly crude, yet charming use of color and quick seeming acrylic sketches are just brilliant. It's a vibrant book. Perfect for a toddler. I bought both of these for my mother's friend's baby and I do hope the parents will enjoy them as much as the little girl will--I know I'd keep them if I could somehow justify having a book for babies in my

What is interesting about this book is Emily Carroll actually wrote six shorter stories within it. One thing I didn’t like about this book is the stories didn’t go together. The characters names were weird, and they were all scary but they didn’t have the same setting or anything. When reading the book I enjoyed the illustrations because they

I, personally, loved the author's writing, although I did not really understand why she structured the book like so. With each chapter changing different perspectives and stories, it was kind of hard to remember which chapter went with another considering the chapters where out of order. With each story, I was a little annoyed that they just suddenly ended at the end of the chapter. It made me want to read more and more trying to find the next chapter that went with that person's story. It was also kind of difficult to connect the stories. Other than that, she did a marvelous job grabbing my attention. I loved the analogies that she included in the stories. For example, on page 216- 217, one of the mothers told her daughter about a turtle that eats her tears and then creates birds that laugh

First, The Berenstain Bears fits well into the category of a good book. The first reason it fits well in being a good book is because of the pacing of the book (Tunnell 18). The pacing of the book is not too slow or too fast. The sentences are not just short or long sentences on every page, they vary from page to page. The second reason it is a good book is because it has good tension (19). Even for a children’s book there is tension for wondering what is going to come next for the Berenstain Bears for example: when they are going through the spooky old tree. Lastly, the illustrations of the Berenstain Bears book are very helpful when seeing that this book is a good book. The illustrations really help tell the story, and like Tunnell says, “strengthen and extend the content beyond the words” (19). The illustrations in this book really help to portray the story, and without the illustrations the children would not understand the storyline very well.

Illustrations: The illustrations use a variety of colours, but always include blue and red. They are full page, realistically drawn and relatable for children. For example, there are children playing hockey on the outdoor rink, and in a driveway.

She doesn’t write the books as if the children aren’t smart enough to read, she writes her books as though every child will be able to read them. Although she does this she still gives aides to the children and teachers. In some of her books she includes different colored font to show words or phrases of importance. All her books are not the same. She does not use the same writing style in each one. She has used a variety of sentence lengths and types in all of her books. Even though some sentences may be long they are still simple and easy to follow and the children find them interesting. I personally love her books. I love her illustrations and how she labels the pictures. Her books are very kid friendly and the encourage children to ask questions about the pictures. At the end many of her books she includes an information page. The information page has neat facts about whatever the book was about. In her book Apples the information page has a bunch of facts about apples.

I absolutely love the text, A Bad Case of Stripes. The illustrators use of bright and vibrant colors have always appealed to me. While reading this text, I’m amazed at how the illustrations match certain details of the story perfectly. For example, at school Camilla and her classmates cite “the Pledge of Allegiance, Camilla’s stripes turned red, white, and blue…” The illustrations support the text perfectly, as Camilla is shown with red, white, and blue stripes. This reminds me of a statement in the textbook, “The picture book constructs an intertextuality between the textual and visual representations: the illustrations and text convey the relationship between the pictures and words” (Botelho & Rudman, 2009, pg. 167). While the illustrations

While reading the children’s book, I found the word choice to be simple and the sentences flowed easily (Jess). I think this made the book more appealing towards children, and by extension their parents. Parents want their children to be able to understand the words and their meaning. While not rhyming like a Dr. Seuss book, there is a rhythm to the words that I think most people would find appealing. Jess supplemented this by giving a delivery that was similar to a parent reading the book to a child for

When I read the book, I found the illustration absolutely attractive. There are bright colors, imaginary and fun creatures, as well as their easy-to-read expressions for kids. On the other hand, the words used in the book were informative enough to include a lot of educational concepts like colors, shapes, sizes, numbers, opposite-adjectives and hilarious enough with its rhyming text. It tells about various kinds of fish and other interesting pets with their own uniqueness, the things they like/dislike to do and the problems that bothering them. Kids could travel together with this boy and girl to get to know these enchanted creatures. As for the answers to some questions, Dr. Seuss left it for the kids to ask from their parents. For the beginning

What I found interesting was how Spiegelman depicts the characters in the graphic novel. He represented Jews as mices and German and Poles as cats and pigs. Spiegelman's usage of animals as representation of real people is a unique usage of form

I could easily imagine a parent using this book to help their child learn colors as well as learning to read. There isn’t anything that I disliked about this book or the illustrations. I think the author and illustrator done a wonderful job on all of it. I hope that they continue to work together on other books.

The style of the book was unique. For a book that was written before the 1940’s it was a quick read. I found the plot of the story was really interesting and I was engaged in the reading. The genre was another

. . . All of the bustling, inventive artwork is a pleasure to look at. . . . The whole book, art and text, is lovingly layered to express the mixed emotions that all of us experience.” There are also other reviews that love the fact that this book has central female character who is wanting a career which causes other little girls to talk about what they want to do when they grow up. Parents and teachers posted in blogs saying that this is an excellent book to teach lessons on behavior, respectfulness, and sharing. I have learned that Kevin Henkes has been writing and illustrating children's books for 39 years. He believes the art he includes in his books are very important because books are the first time children are exposed to art. I also learned that he loves his job and loves hearing from families about how much his book means to them. The link below has great ideas to use in a class room for multiple teaching purposes:

I liked it because it told an everlasting love story that only comes once in a lifetime. It showed really how much two people loved each other and how much they did for one another just to be together. What I could improve in this book is extend the ending of the book and show what Becca and Nikolai did during their time in Costa Rica. I recommend this book to people around my age because I feel that a lot of people my age can relate to this situation about how they feel towards someone else. It really puts in perspective the impact that someone has on you that you care about. It takes a lot for me to really be into a book and this book was definitely one that I was

I chose to read and comment on Barbara Kiefer’s “Envisioning Experience: The Potential of Picture Books.” Kiefer’s main point in writing this essay was to get the message across that children enjoy picture books that allow them to identify and make connections with the characters or the plots, and that while reading and analyzing the pictures, they gain a better sense of aesthetics and how to interpret them.