Express by Chris Van Allsburg is one of the most popular holiday-themed children’s books since it was published in 1985, winning the Caldecott Medal award in 1986. The Polar Express takes its readers on a magical journey, both symbolically and literally, along side a little boy whose strong beliefs in Santa Claus allows him a seat on a train to the North Pole in the middle of the night. There are many picture books that rely more on the words or just the illustrations to tell their tale, however
The combination of images and text used in picture books help captivate a reader’s attention to the story as a whole. One picture book that uses the relationship between image and text is Olivia by Ian Falconer. The pictures in the two-page spread above are an excellent representation of this relationship. First, the artwork is composed of gauche and graphite along with a digital reproduction of a Degas painting. The use of these mediums lends themselves to creating a value of light versus dark throughout
clay objects with agricultural and manufactured goods importance, were in a particular container. Over time they stopped using the clay objects and just impressed wet clay with the impressions of what the clay tokens represented. If they had more than one of a particular item, instead of impressing the same impression, they used marks to identify how many of that item were present.
Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw The book that I chose for this assignment is Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw. At first, I thought it would be very difficult to find a book that was suitable for my presentation and it was not until I went to my school practicum that I found one. The theme for the week was rainbows, colours and diversity and to help children understand more about the different cultures around the world, my mentor teacher read Kostecki-Shaw’s
Specifically they pointed out the importance of the grandparents and I can attest to this notion as my grandmother is the most important person in my life. I love my parents and have a great relationship with them, but my grandmother stole my heart and I would do anything for her. I found this as an interesting cultured notion in a family dynamic. The picture I chose a picture for this assignment that includes my father, mother , brother and me. This picture was taken at my quinceñera in Colombia
According to Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, art is described as being “quiet useless” and although some believe art to be very purposeful, art is very useless due to the fact that it is a mere catalyst and contains no thought or expression. According to some, art is extremely useful and important to our lives. Art, they claim, is a form of expression of the inner thoughts and has the potential to change all our hearts. That is not true. People will say that the fact that “Dorian
how the reading can possibly to their lives. An author by the name of Scott McCloud has shown through his text how the teachings displayed in his comics can beneficial to people’s lives. This is especially shown in his Show and Tell piece from his book “Understanding Comics” in which he explains that words and images in comics go hand in hand when it comes to telling a story to the readers. The author does this through panels in which a man explains and shows you each lesson displayed throughout
it a necessity for her granddaughter to have an imagination. She emphasizes the importance of an aspiration in life for her family. The book follows the main character Francie in the course of six years of her life, all of which she struggled with economic hardship. But her extensive mind's eye managed to lead her to a path worth the effort. The author of this novel was aiming to convey to the audience the importance of imagination. She does so by providing an escape from the real world, giving the
In class, Joan started talking about the importance of reading to children. This talk reminded me of how I began to become interested in the Holocaust. My family introduced me to the history of the WW2 and the Holocaust rather early; I have memories of discussing the subject when I was around 6. This subject has always been a family interest. My personal interest started with a book my mother read to me when I was around 8 or 9. She had always discussed Anne Frank and decided I was finally at an
Tepes, which some people consider it is one of the inspirations to the Dracula’s author, Bram Stoker, and some other people think the opposite. It is not sure if he really based his character on Vlad Tepes but I think that there are some quotes on his book