Oct 12, 2018
Prompt 8
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Prompt 8
Prompt 8
My #picturebooks search turned up so many cool things, some great books and pictures. I enjoyed everyone’s posts especially the one of a yellow dog and they have written about always wanting to become a children’s book author #dog painting. I became curious and followed them wanting to see if it continues. You cant tell the age of the person and I am curious if it is a child will this ambition continue, if it does I would love to see more yellow dogs.
I also saw a picture on a post that grabbed me straight away, it reminded me of a children’s book I had and loved. It had nothing to do with that book but familiarity has become my favourite thing about #picture books.
PROMPT 8 (RESPONSE) 2018
After searching through the #picturebooks hashtag, it was interesting to note just how man picture books I recognised. However, it what was more surprising how many I had never seen before! I also noticed a lot of stories that I had grown up reading as a child, but forgot about (e.g. Clifford the Big Red Dog).
It was also really surprising to see so many peoples’ drawings of picture book characters and settings, and it made me think of how I can get my students to draw their own versions of characters from picture books from descriptions alone.
There were also some funny little observations that people had shared. For example, one post something along the lines of ‘ducks are always yellow in picture books but I have never actually seen in real life’.
Prompt8
I came across David Wiesner’s 1991 children’s wordless picture book ‘Tuesday’. It intrigued me as my chosen book for AT2 ‘The Red Piano’ has wordless spreads. Very different books though! Flying frogs v. communist China. ‘Tuesday’ is now animated on YouTube and though it is also delightful, nothing can beat being able to ponder longer and deciding when to turn the page. Check it out!
Prompt 8
https://www.tumblr.com/search/%23picturebooks
Prompt 8
When searching the tumblr hashtag #picturebooks, I found a thread that listen numerous picture books for each holiday. The books shown here were from a thanksgiving thread. This is a good way for teachers to find books relating to upcoming holidays. Students typically get excited about holidays and by reading books relating to those holidays, the students are more likely to remain focused and interested in the reading, which therefore means that they’ll learn more.
Prompt 8: picture books
Searching Tumblr for #picturebooks was a lot more satisfying than I expected! One of the first images I saw was someone dabbling in animation and it led me to Jacob Germs’ Tumblr, which is truly amazing. The images are super adorable, and I look forward to using these when working with younger students on my upcoming placement. Another Tumblr account I stumbled upon was David Litchfield, who illustrates children’s books and has worked alongside some amazing authors. These resulted in my finding new picture books to add to my ever-growing class library collection. I also found a recurring hashtag in #kidlit which yields some fantastic results as well, for anyone looking for something a little different.
Overall, during this search I discovered the broad types of picture books, more specifically the illustration techniques utilised to convey various messages in adorable (or dark) picture books.
Recommended sites to follow:
http://jacobgerms.tumblr.com/
http://tinkerd.tumblr.com/
Response to Prompt Eight
Upon searching the hashtag #picturebooks I was delighted to see pages and pages of colourful options; I suppose that is one stereotype of picture books - colourful and bright pages. For this exact reason, my eyes were drawn to a black and white picture book and I chose to discuss it because it stood out to me. This upcoming book (still unnamed) is currently being written and illustrated by Angie Hoffmeister - an artist and freelance illustrator from Germany. She explains on her Tumblr post that her picture book will tell stories about dressmakers, flights to the moon, flowers and circuses; topics which definitely interest children.
I absolutely love colourful picture books; ones with busy illustrations that marry perfectly with the text, however, I also love the approach Angie is taking and the fact that she is going against the grain. It is not uncommon that students get distracted by these colourful and busy illustrations and completely miss the moral of a story. A black and white picture book, sketched in pencil and nothing else, intrigues me; it symbolises something powerful. In my opinion, black and white illustrations send a bold message and have the potential to elicit deeper emotions from its readers. I admire the work of Angie Hoffmeister and have followed her so I can stay informed with her work.