tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61855378705682414432024-03-14T07:02:03.489+08:00Kelly's ENGL 360 BlogKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-31423077211904271012008-04-26T06:56:00.001+08:002008-05-02T12:19:44.013+08:00Books Made Into MoviesThe following is a list of popular children's books that have been transformed into successful movies!:<br /><br /> * Alias Madame Doubtfire, Anne Fine - Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993<br /> * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland, 1933, 1951, 1966, 1985 ; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1972 ; The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, 1987<br /> * Anne of Avonlea, Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Avonlea, 1987<br /> * Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables, 1919, 1934, 1956, 1972, 1985<br /> * The Apple Dumpling Gang, Jack Bickham - The Apple Dumpling Gang, 1975<br /> * Aquamarine, Alice Hoffman - Aquamarine, 2006<br /> * Arrow to the Sun, Gerald McDermott - Arrow to the Sun, 1973<br /> * Arthur series, Marc Brown - Arthur's Missing Pal, 2006<br /> * Le Avventure di Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi - Pinocchio, 1940, 2002 ; The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1936, 1996<br /> * Babar the Elephant series, Jean de Brunhoff - Babar: The Movie, 1989 ; Babar: King of the Elephants, 1999<br /> * The Baby-sitters Club series - The Baby-Sitters Club, 1995<br /> * Bambi, ein Leben im Walde (Bambi: A Life in the Woods), Felix Salten - Bambi, 1942<br /> * Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo - Because of Winn-Dixie, 2005<br /> * The Magic Bed Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks, Mary Norton - Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 1971<br /> * The BFG, Roald Dahl - The BFG, 1989<br /> * Black Beauty, Anna Sewell - Black Beauty, 1946, 1971, 1994<br /> * The Black Stallion series, Walter Farley - The Black Stallion, 1979, The Black Stallion Returns, 1983<br /> * The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander - The Black Cauldron, 1985<br /> * Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia, 1985, 2007<br /> * The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss - The Cat in the Hat, 2003<br /> * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005<br /> * Charlotte's Web, E. B. White - Charlotte's Web, 1973, 2006 ; Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, 2003<br /> * The Cheetah Girls, Deborah Gregory - The Cheetah Girls, 2003 ; The Cheetah Girls 2, 2006 ; The Cheetah Girls 3: Indian Adventure! (future)<br /> * Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, Ian Fleming - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1968<br /> * The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans - The Christmas Box, 1995<br /> * Clifford the Big Red Dog series, Norman Bridwell - Clifford's Really Big Movie, 2004<br /> * Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Dyan Sheldon - Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, 2004<br /> * Curious George, H. A. Rey and Margret Rey - Curious George, 2006<br /> * Danny, the Champion of the World, Roald Dahl - Danny, the Champion of the World, 1989<br /> * A Day with Wilbur Robinson, William Joyce - Meet the Robinsons, 2007<br /> * O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc (The Two Who Stole the Moon, Kornel Makuszyński - The Two Who Stole the Moon, 1962<br /> * Dumbo, Harold Perl - Dumbo, 1941<br /> * Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine - Ella Enchanted, 2004<br /> * Eloise at Christmastime, Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight - Eloise at Christmastime, 2003<br /> * Eloise at the Plaza, Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight - Eloise at the Plaza, 2003<br /> * Eragon, Christopher Paolini - Eragon, 2006<br /> * The Face on the Milk Carton, Caroline B. Cooney - The Face on the Milk Carton, 1995<br /> * Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner, Lykke Nielsen - Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner, 1994<br /> * Freaky Friday, Mary Rodgers - Freaky Friday, 1976, 1995, 2003<br /> * From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, 1973, 1995<br /> * Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge and Alice Carsey - Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, 1962<br /> * Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh - Harriet the Spy, 1996<br /> * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001<br /> * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002<br /> * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004<br /> * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005<br /> * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007<br /> * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (tentative)<br /> * Heidi, Johanna Spyri - Heidi, 1937, 1968, 1993<br /> * Holes, Louis Sachar - Holes, 2003<br /> * Hoot, Carl Hiaasen - Hoot, 2006<br /> * How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller, Julia DeVillers - Read it and Weep, 2006<br /> * How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, 2000<br /> * How to Eat Fried Worms, Thomas Rockwell - How to Eat Fried Worms, 2006<br /> * The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Dodie Smith - One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 1961; 101 Dalmatians, 1996; 102 Dalmatians, 2000<br /> * I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle, 2003<br /> * I Want a Dog, Dayal Kaur Khalsa - I Want a Dog, 2003<br /> * The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford - Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, 1993<br /> * The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard, 1995<br /> * The Iron Man, Ted Hughes - The Iron Giant, 1999<br /> * Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes - Johnny Tremain, 1944<br /> * Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg - Jumanji, 1995<br /> * The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book, 1942, 1967, 1994 ; The Jungle Book 2, 2003 ; Maugli, 1967<br /> * Justin Morgan Had a Horse, Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis - Justin Morgan Had a Horse, 1972<br /> * The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1979, 1988, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2005<br /> * A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Little Princess, 1917, 1939, 1975, 1986, 1995<br /> * Little Women, Louisa May Alcott - Little Women, 1933, 1949, 1978, 1994<br /> * The Littles, John Peterson - Here Come the Littles, 1985<br /> * Madeline series, Ludwig Bemelmans - Madeline, 1998 ; Madeline: Lost in Paris, 1999<br /> * The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum - Journey Back to Oz, 1971<br /> * Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers - Mary Poppins, 1964<br /> * Matilda, Roald Dahl - Matilda, 1996<br /> * Midnight and Jeremiah, Sterling North - So Dear to My Heart, 1948<br /> * Miss Spider series, David Kirk - Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids, 2003<br /> * Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry - Misty, 1961<br /> * The Neverending Story (Die Unendliche Geschichte), Michael Ende - The NeverEnding Story, 1984 ; The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, 1990 ; The NeverEnding Story III, 1994<br /> * Old Yeller, Frederick Benjamin Gipson - Old Yeller, 1957<br /> * Ozma of Oz and 'The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum - Return to Oz, 1985<br /> * The Patchwork Girl of Oz, L. Frank Baum - The Patchwork Girl of Oz, 1914<br /> * Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren - Peppi Dlinnyychulok, 1982 ; The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, 1988<br /> * The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg - The Polar Express, 2004<br /> * Pollyanna, Eleanor H. Porter - The Adventures of Pollyanna, 1982 ; Hayat sevince güzel, 1971 ; Polly, 1989 ; Pollyanna, 1920, 1960, 1973 ; 2003<br /> * Prince Caspian, C. S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, 2008<br /> * The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot - The Princess Diaries, 2001<br /> * Punk Farm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Punk Farm, (future)<br /> * Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1917, 1932, 1938<br /> * The Rescuers, Margery Sharp - The Rescuers, 1977 ; The Rescuers Down Under, 1990<br /> * A Ring of Endless Light, Madeleine L'Engle - A Ring of Endless Light, 2002<br /> * Searching for David's Heart, Cherie Bennett - Searching for David's Heart, 2004<br /> * The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden, 1949, 1993<br /> * A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2004<br /> * The Sheep Pig, Dick King-Smith - Babe, 1995 ; Babe: Pig in the City, 1998<br /> * Shrek!, William Steig - Shrek, 2001<br /> * The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2005<br /> * Spiderwick series, Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black - The Spiderwick Chronicles (future)<br /> * Starik Khottabych, Lazar Lagin - Starik Khottabych, 1956<br /> * Storm Boy, Colin Thiele - Storm Boy, 1976<br /> * Stuart Little, E. B. White - Stuart Little, 1999 ; Stuart Little 2, 2002 ; Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, 2006<br /> * The Stupids series, Harry G. Allard and James Marshall - The Stupids, 1996<br /> * "Toomai of the Elephants", Rudyard Kipling - Elephant Boy, 1937<br /> * Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island, 1920, 1934, 1950, 1972, 1990 ; Muppet Treasure Island, 1996 ; Treasure Planet, 2002<br /> * Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting, 1981, 2002<br /> * T*Witches, H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld - Twitches, 2005<br /> * Undercover Cat, Gordon and Mildred Gordon - That Darn Cat!, 1965 ; That Darn Cat, 1997<br /> * The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle and Doctor Dolittle's Circus, Hugh Lofting - Doctor Dolittle, 1967<br /> * The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, Charles Kingsley - The Water Babies, 1978<br /> * We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Hudson Talbott - We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, 1993<br /> * The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin - Get a Clue, 1997<br /> * Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls - Where the Red Fern Grows, 1974, 2003<br /> * The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows, 1983<br /> * Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne - Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, 1983 ; Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, 1968 ; Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, 1966 ; Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!, 1974<br /> * A Wish for Wings That Work, Berkeley Breathed - A Wish for Wings That Work, 1991<br /> * The Witches, Roald Dahl - The Witches, 1990<br /> * The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1910 ; His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, 1914 ; Wizard of Oz, 1925 ; The Wizard of Oz, 1939 ; Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde, 1971 ; The Wiz, 1978 ; The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, 2005<br /> * A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time, 2003<br /> * The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Yearling (film), 1946<br />* Zathura, Chris Van Allsburg - Zathura, 2005<br /> * Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Marilyn Sadler - Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, 1999Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-63109331323722131692008-04-24T09:25:00.000+08:002008-05-02T11:36:20.644+08:00Prince Caspian<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-WhK7dr7tlP2ebnPnWVAuSoI0TzdzXl0SDpT0mbUgtB2ZdwrosEVqyLwTAlbiLo1GRfEORjueS7eifrdLoODFd402x-p5j3SS7tY1qCuDtrMCfLfdKbiVU1ChwdsKkeDTxpRGRE9oWs/s1600-h/ben.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-WhK7dr7tlP2ebnPnWVAuSoI0TzdzXl0SDpT0mbUgtB2ZdwrosEVqyLwTAlbiLo1GRfEORjueS7eifrdLoODFd402x-p5j3SS7tY1qCuDtrMCfLfdKbiVU1ChwdsKkeDTxpRGRE9oWs/s320/ben.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195611495859354274" /></a><br />In light of all the advertising for the new Chronicles of Narnia Movie, Prince Caspian, I looked up what some of the differences were between the popular book and the new movie. These are some differences according to Ben Barnes, the star of Prince Caspian: <br /><br />"In the book Caspian is evidently a lot younger than me, and blonde. It says he’s got blonde, curly hair. But it also says his race is descended from Pacific islanders and pirates so why you’d have a blond kid from that I’m not quite sure, so they went down that route and decided to make him kind of European and swarthy and piratey, so that is necessarily different. I think also because there was a good period of a few years between making the first and second, the kids have obviously grown up. William Moseley is now 21, and the thing the book says about Caspian’s age is that he’s about the same age as Peter and because of the tension we’ve built into the story between those two characters it’s important they were about the same age. I’m 26, but on screen me and Will look of similar ages.<br /><br />So that’s obviously different and the characters are that bit older and I think that obviously the main difference in the stories is that in the second one the magic has been drained from the land of Narnia. There’s a human who’s driven by his lust for power and ambition who’s usurped the thrown and become a dictator and he’s a human villain which is more scary than a magic one in that you’re turning people to stone, you’re killing them. And he’s trying to repress the Narnia race which was flourishing to an extent in the first one, there are fewer cute beavery type creatures, Mister Tumnuses and things. You do have Reepicheep but even he’s quite viscious. That’s the main difference between the films, and obviously there are other little necessary changes – the action really does fuel the drama in this second film, more so film than book but the film is a different type of story: the first was a Christmas fairytale, this one is a summer blockbuster. There are no changes that jar with me as a childhood fan of the books so hopefully they won’t jar with too many other people."<br /><br />There is also a picture of him!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-74000909898596343042008-04-23T08:37:00.000+08:002008-05-02T09:06:38.277+08:00Secret GardenI LOVE the movie version of Secret Garden! Many times we read books and then watch the movie and it is hard to like the movie, because we imagined the characters a certain way as we read the book. An exception to this would be The movie the Secret Garden. It adds even more to the book! I love the characters and everything is beautiful from scenery to costumes. Here is a montogue of scenes to a song that I think fits PERFECTLY!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XCXIa2oXmVA&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XCXIa2oXmVA&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-463606339347163952008-04-21T06:54:00.001+08:002008-05-02T09:22:23.344+08:00Stinky Cheese Man QuizHere is a quiz I found on QuizTrivia<br /><br />1. Who is the first character you meet in the book?<br /><br /> a. The Little Red Hen<br /> b. Stinky Cheese Man<br /> c. Jack the Narrator<br /> d. Chicken Licken<br /><br /><br />2. Where does Jack the Narrator live?<br /><br /> a. Fairy Tale Forest<br /> b. Unlikely Creek<br /> c. Fairly Stupid Valley<br /> d. Enchanted Mountain<br /><br /><br />3. In the first story, what REALLY hit Chicken Licken on the head?<br /><br /> a. a piece of The Frog Prince's Story<br /> b. a piece of the Introduction<br /> c. a piece of the Table of Contents<br /> d. a piece of the Title Page<br /><br /><br />4. The second story is entitled "The Princess and the _______<br />_______".<br /><br /> a. pea soup<br /> b. bread thief<br /> c. glass shoes<br /> d. bowling ball<br /><br /><br />5. What did the really ugly ducking grow up to be?<br /><br /> a. we don't know because he was forgotten because the Tortoise and the Hair (yes, it's spelled right) invaded and took over his story<br /> b. a really ugly swan<br /> c. a really ugly duck<br /> d. he didn't grow up, he was eaten by the Giant who ran loose from Jack's story<br /><br /><br />6. What did Goldilocks smell?<br /><br /> a. oatmeal porridge<br /> b. peanut porridge<br /> c. chocolate porridge<br /> d. tomato porridge<br /><br /><br />7. Which character(s) attempted to make their own story? It goes like this: "THE END~of the evil stepmother~said 'I'll huff and snuff and~ give you three wishes.'~The beast changed into~seven dwarves~happily ever after~for a spell had been cast by a Wicked Witch~once upon a time."<br /><br /> a. The Little Red Hen<br /> b. The Giant<br /> c. The Tortoise and the Hair (correct spelling)<br /> d. Chicken Licken, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, Henny Penny, Cocky Locky, Foxy Loxy<br /><br /><br />8. Who is "the girl who really blew it"?<br /><br /> a. A witch named Gretel<br /> b. Snow Rapunzel<br /> c. Cinderumpelstiltskin<br /> d. The Empress who had no clothes<br /><br /><br />9. Who wakes up the Giant near the end of the book and then gets swallowed by him?<br /><br /> a. The wolf from "Little Red Running Shorts"<br /> b. Jack the Narrator<br /> c. The Little Red Hen<br /> d. The Stinky Cheese man<br /><br /><br />10. Which character is on the back of the book and what are they doing?<br /><br /> a. Jack the Narrator sleeping and dreaming about how his book will make millions<br /> b. The Stinky Cheese Man crying because nobody in the book would chase him on account of his smell<br /> c. The Giant picking his teeth and rubbing his belly after just eating a hearty snack<br /> d. The Little Red Hen complaining about how nobody will buy this book<br /><br /><br /><br />ANSWERS:<br /><br />1. a<br />2. a<br />3. c<br />4. d<br />5. c<br />6. b<br />7. b<br />8. c<br />9. c<br />10. dKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-41972469589851420402008-04-20T13:56:00.001+08:002008-05-02T08:35:29.659+08:00Dick and Jane<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zFB1LNWNmYjG124uuaJfWSNpdtAwAgzbIrExc59eTRR6Tr-ZNZ_LdKAdSqyp5drUhMY4UmASAi0IX1ckN4hK3fFmbaDDlckmxCrQniV1oAMDHWN1jhxpnpVO2IcjPVUeBvgaQoBWKn0/s1600-h/djane2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zFB1LNWNmYjG124uuaJfWSNpdtAwAgzbIrExc59eTRR6Tr-ZNZ_LdKAdSqyp5drUhMY4UmASAi0IX1ckN4hK3fFmbaDDlckmxCrQniV1oAMDHWN1jhxpnpVO2IcjPVUeBvgaQoBWKn0/s320/djane2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195572420246895250" /></a><br /> In class the other day Dr. Robinson read a little bit from Dick and Jane. She began to describe how much picture books have changed since the "Dick and Jane" days. Later on the same day in one of my other classes my professor referenced the Dick and Jane books again. I wanted to know more about these books so I "googled" them and here is what I found:<br /><br />"Dick and Jane were the main characters in popular basal readers written by Dr. William S. Gray and published by Scott Foresman, that were used to teach children to read from the 1930s through to the 1970s in the United States. The main characters, Dick and Jane, were a little boy and girl. Supporting characters included Baby (or Sally), Mother, Father, Spot the dog, Puff the cat, Jack the clown and Tim the teddy bear. They first appeared in the Elson-Gray Readers used in the 1930s. The books relied on sight reading (or "whole word reading") and repetition, using phrases like, "Oh, see. Oh, see Jane. Funny, funny Jane," and they ignored phonics. For this reason, they came to be used less and less as studies supported phonics as a more effective method of gaining literacy.[citation needed]<br /><br />The simple but distinctive illustrations for the books were done by artists Eleanor Campbell and Keith Ward.<br /><br />Black characters and characters from other races and cultures were not introduced until 1965, when Dick and Jane books were already declining in popularity. In 1955 Rudolf Flesch criticized the Dick and Jane series in his book, Why Johnny Can't Read, and the push for multiculturalism, and stronger presentation of other races and cultures was partially a reaction to the cultural homogeneity of the series.<br /><br />First editions of the books are now worth as much as two hundred dollars. The books were reissued in 2003 by Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) and over 2.5 million copies were sold, but this time the publishers had warned against using them to teach reading to children. Related merchandise, such as shirts and magnets, also gained wide popularity, particularly among people who had never been exposed to the original series but were familiar with catch phrases like "See Spot run!"<br /><br />The title of one of the books, Fun with Dick and Jane, inspired a 1977 film of the same title, and its 2005 remake." (Wikipedia)<br /><br />Apparently these books are now worth anywhere from 100-600 dollars! I have also attached a picture of them!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-69550965475194605512008-04-19T13:56:00.002+08:002008-05-02T06:23:26.058+08:00100 Best Childrens Books of the 20th CenturyThis is a list compiled by an outside source of the 100 Best Childrens Books of the 20th Century. It is arranged by Author. Book!<br /><br />Enjoy! Just for fun I counted how many I had read and it was only 10! <br /><br />Adams. Watership Down<br />Ardizzone. Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain<br />Averill. The Cat Club<br />Babbitt. Tuck Everlasting<br />Banner. Ant and Bee and Kind Dog<br />Bemelmans. Madeline<br />Bishop. Five Chinese Brothers<br />Boston. Children of Green Knowe<br />Brown. The Runaway Bunny<br />Brown. Goodnight Moon<br />Burton. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel<br />Burton. The Little House<br />Cannon. Stellaluna<br />Carle. Very Hungry Caterpillar<br />Clark. The Poppy-Seed Cakes<br />Cooper. The Dark is Rising<br />Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<br />Daugherty. Andy and the Lion<br />D'Aulaire. Ola and Blakken<br />De Brunhoff. L'Histoire de Babar<br />Dickinson. A Bone From A Dry Sea<br />Du Bois. Lion<br />Du Bois. The Twenty-One Balloons<br />Eager. Half-Magic<br />Enright. Thimble Summer<br />Estes. The Moffats<br />Ets. Mister Penny<br />Farjeon. Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field<br />Fenton. Penny Candy<br />Field. Hitty<br />Fitzhugh. Harriet the Spy<br />Flack. The Story About Ping<br />Freeman. Corduroy<br />Gag. Millions of Cats<br />Garner. The Stone Book Quartet<br />Hale. Orlando Buys A Farm<br />Hamilton. The Magical Adv. of Pretty Pearl<br />Heide. The Shrinking of Treehorn<br />Henry. King of the Wind<br />Heyward. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes<br />Hoban. Bedtime for Frances<br />Holling. Paddle-to-the-Sea<br />Jansson. Finn Family Moomintroll<br />Johnson. Harold and the Purple Crayon<br />Keats. The Snowy Day<br />Konigsburg. Throwing Shadows<br />Langton. The Diamond in the Window<br />Lawson. Ben and Me<br />Leaf. Wee Gillis<br />Leaf. The Story of Ferdinand<br /> L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time<br />Lenski. [The Small Transportation series]<br />Lindgren. Pippi Longstocking<br />Lionni. Little Blue and Little Yellow<br />Lionni. Frederick<br />Lovelace. Betsy-Tacy<br />MacDonald. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle<br />Mahy. Memory<br />Mayne. Earthfasts<br />McCloskey. Blueberries for Sal<br />McCloskey. Burt Dow, Deep Water Man<br />Milne. Winnie the Pooh<br />Milne. When We Were Very Young<br />Mosel. Tikki Tikki Tembo<br />Munari. The Circus in the Mist<br />Newberry. Herbert the Lion<br />Newberry. April's Kittens<br />Norton. The Borrowers<br />Oakley. The Church Mouse<br />Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia<br />Paton Walsh. Unleaving<br />Pearce. Tom's Midnight Garden<br />Pullman. Northern Lights/Golden Compass<br />Ransome. Swallows and Amazons<br />Sandburg. The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle<br />Sendak. The Nutshell Library<br />Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are<br />Seuss. Green Eggs and Ham<br />Seuss. Horton Hatches the Egg<br />Sleator. The Angry Moon<br />Slobodkina. Caps for Sale<br />Speare. Witch of Blackbird Pond<br />Steig. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble<br />Stong. Honk the Moose<br />Streatfeild. Ballet Shoes<br />Sutcliff. Knight's Fee<br />Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry!<br />Thurber. Many Moons<br />Tison. Barbapapa<br />Tolkien. The Hobbit<br />Travers. Mary Poppins<br />Ungerer. Crictor<br />Vipont. The Elephant and the Bad Baby<br />Ward. The Biggest Bear<br />Wells. Max's Breakfast<br />White, E.B. Charlotte's Web<br />White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone<br />Wilder. The Long Winter<br />Zindel. The Pigman<br />Zion. Harry the Dirty DogKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-76829186584742692282008-04-18T13:56:00.001+08:002008-05-02T06:06:33.617+08:00DepthAfter writing my last blog I began to reflect on how almost all the books we have studied in Children's Literature are deep. Charlie Anderson, one of my outside readings , on the surface, looks just like a cute book about a cat named Charlie. But, as you continue to read you realize that the book eases into the issue of divorce. We see Charlie handling living at two different houses. <br /><br />Each of the books we have read this year also has a deeper meaning. All the way from The Princess Goblin to Where the Wild Things Are. Coming into this class I definitely did not expect that, but I now understand why. Children at a young age are soaking up everything they are learning. Children learn at a very fast rate when they are young. Therefore, it makes sense that they would write books for them with deep meaning.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-75075520560846276702008-04-17T07:46:00.002+08:002008-05-02T05:27:30.555+08:00Charlie AndersonFirst, I have to say I HATE cats. So, I don't actually know what intrigued me to pick up this book, because it has a cat on the front of it! However, it was such an adorable story. It is about this little cat named Charlie. He lives a the house of these two little girls. However, every night he ventures over to another house where he is named Anderson. One night the girls can't find Charlie so they go looking for him through the woods. They approach the house where Charlie is, but the people there say that he is Anderson. Both of the owners find out what is going on, and they laugh. The families decide to call him Charlie Anderson and they allow him to go back and forth between the houses! <br /><br />I love this book because it addresses the issue of divorce in a soft kind of way. Just like the little girls, Charlie Anderson lives at two houses. The book talks about how at each house he is loved, but it is different at each house.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-58449071769147325262008-04-13T11:17:00.002+08:002008-04-17T08:59:09.830+08:00google searchOne of my favorite things to do when I have spare time is to "google" things! So I decided to complile a list of the first few books that popped up when I just decided to google "children's literature". The results may suprise you!:<br /><br />1. The Cat in the Hat<br />2. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone<br />3. Barba Azul<br />4. The Duck in the Gun<br />5. Large Letters for Little Ones<br />6. and Tango Makes Three<br />7. Hearts of Stone (which isn't even a children's book)<br />8. Mandy Sue Day<br />9. Great Boy Stories<br />10. I am on Duty Today<br /><br />These results honestly made me laugh! I saw the first two, and thought "Well that's typical." Then, I only recognized one of the other books. I expected the most popular books to pop up, but I was suprised to find I was wrong!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-82901134098887276742008-04-11T11:34:00.001+08:002008-04-17T08:39:41.343+08:00The Giver"Someone has<br />walked into a fast-food place with an automatic weapon and randomly killed a<br />number of people. My daughter stops talking and waits while I listen to the<br />rest.<br />Then I relax. I say to her, in a relieved voice, “It’s all right. It was in<br />Oklahoma.” ( O perhaps it was Alabama. Or Indiana.)<br />She stares at me in amazement that I have said such a hideous thing.<br />How comfortable I made myself feel for a moment, by reducing my own<br />realm of caring to my own familiar neighborhood. How safe I deluded myself<br />into feeling. {...} When Jonas meets The Giver for the first time, and tries to comprehend<br />what lies before him, he says, in confusion “I thought there was only us. I<br />thought there was only now.”<br />In beginning to write The giver I created – as I always do, in every book<br />– a world that existed only in my imagination – the world of “only us, only now.”<br />I tried to make Jonas’s world seem familiar, comfortable, and safe, and I tried<br />to seduce the reader. I seduced myself along the way,. It did feel good, that<br />world. I got rid of all the things I fear and dislike; all the violence, prejudice,<br />poverty, and injustice, and I even threw in good manners as a way of life<br />because I liked the idea of it.<br />One child has pointed out, in a letter, that the people in Jonas’s world<br />didn’t even have to do dishes.<br />It was very, very tempting to leave it at that.<br />But I’ve never been a writer of fairy tales. And if I’ve learned anything<br />through that river of memories, it is that we can’t live in a walled world, in an<br />“only us, only now” world where we are all the same and feel safe. We would<br />have to sacrifice too much. The richness of color and diversity would disappear<br />feelings for other humans would no longer be necessary. Choices would be<br />obsolete."<br /><br />This is an exceprt from Lois Lowry's acceptance speech when The Giver won the Newberry Award. After hearing Dr. Robinson talk about it I knew I just had to go read it. <br /><br />I remember reading The Giver as a fourth grader. I HATED it; it scared me to death! Honestly, I don't even know if I finished it because it began to give me nightmares. Now having reread it, I find that interesting. Why was I so scared of such a seemingly "perfect" world? Nothing was scary about it. Now I realize why though...it was different. It was uncomfortable and nothing like my little tough, fourth grade life. <br /><br />That is exactly what Lowry is talking about here. She almost made this world normal. I am so glad she didnt. It wouldnt be the same kind of story at all.<br /><br />Not only was the book 10 times more amazing this time around, but I finally got it!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-42085067439781310372008-04-09T12:01:00.002+08:002008-04-17T08:22:09.908+08:00Chrysanthemum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw35xuMiHamyrMpH691CvjAFOKvSjvBThuhYiCEaAtk2NIW2ZdPVwnlaVNgtqR1WbEnveJ_qRRzKczd5fBiEjAAsQjpCOWhhHkjPH8dKMR13ioP76SsyAXC8xRYurdJ3pWvkq5johTeo/s1600-h/chrysanthemum.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw35xuMiHamyrMpH691CvjAFOKvSjvBThuhYiCEaAtk2NIW2ZdPVwnlaVNgtqR1WbEnveJ_qRRzKczd5fBiEjAAsQjpCOWhhHkjPH8dKMR13ioP76SsyAXC8xRYurdJ3pWvkq5johTeo/s400/chrysanthemum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190000490971266866" /></a><br /><br />I LOVED this book. It is my favorite picture I read this year. It is a story about a little girl. Her name is Chrysanthemum (like the flower), and she HATES it. Everyone teases her at school, and she really wants to change her name. However, her parents love it, they think it is the most beautiful name ever. She, however, does not think this is true. That is becuase the people at school syas mean think like "Let's pluck Chrysanthemum" or "Can we smell you Chrysanthemum?". One girl also annouces that Chrsyanthemum's name is 13 letters long, and the girl points out that that is half the alphabet. Chrysanthemum wilts,SHE HATES HER NAME!! That is until her music teacher announces that she has an interesting name, too, Delphinium. Delphinium also says she is going to name her future daughter the most beautiful name she hads ever heard, Chrysanthemum. Then Chrysanthemum FALLS IN LOVE with her name.<br /><br />This is such a heartwarming story, and anoyone can relate with the main character! It is adorable!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-82610021818640733032008-04-07T13:14:00.003+08:002008-04-17T08:09:39.963+08:00Teaching ReadingI know this is not a teaching class, but I learned something very cool I wanted to share that I learned in one of my classes. We are learning the Workshop approach to teaching reading. This is a sample schedule of readers workshops:<br /><br /><br />8:00-8:15 Readers' Workshop: Short read aloud with a mini lesson<br /><br />8:15-8:25 Independent Reading/ Teacher Confers with students one on one<br /><br />8:25-9:05 Independent Reading with Independent Work/ Teacher meets with three different guided reading groups. <br /><br />One group goes from 8:25-8:40<br />Second from 8:40-8:55<br />Third from 8:55-9:10<br /><br />9:10-9:15 Share Out with the whole class<br /><br /><br />The cool part comes at the very beginning. It is called "INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD". What happens is the teacher opens the class with a book. As she reads she makes "connections" and encourages the students to as well. When students make these connections it helps them to remember the book better.<br /><br />For example: If the page says "Sally walked her dog as she ate a popsicle. Rusty, the dog, kept trying to lick her popsicle." Then I could make the connection when I used to eat popsicles with my siblings on hot, summer days. My dog would always try to eat mine and I would get really mad at him. <br /><br />See, this would help me with comprehending the book more, because I could remember this specific part of the book, but also the book as a whole. <br /><br />This thought just popped in my mind because we will start reading picture books soon, and I now read them totally different after hearing this method!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-86297111423133626942008-04-06T13:13:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:56:17.079+08:00Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's EarsOne of the picture books I read was Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears. I LOVED this book when i was little and so I reread it and created this crossword puzzle!! Have fun with it!<br /><br />http://www.variety-games.com/CW/Puzzles/1389129950-puzzle.htm<br /><br />http://www.variety-games.com/CW/Puzzles/1389129950-solution.htmKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-82779009152711144242008-04-04T08:36:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:56:01.085+08:00High SchoolI was so excited to hear we were reading The Hobbit in this class! I had the most amazing teacher in high school, for English IV, but it also doubled as a dual credit class for college. My professors name was Dr. Holt. He was so smart and LOVED literature. One of the required books for the semester was The Hobbit, and I can not tell you fully in words, how much of a Tolkien fanctic Dr. Holt was. He knew everything about Tolkien's work. Studying the Hobbit under Dr. Holt was like having the book come alive, and many days I thought "Dr. Holt's real name must be J.R.R. Tolkien" because it was as if the author was teaching our class. The most awesome part about it was that at the end of the year, Dr. Holt let us pick any book we wanted to read. Unanimously, our class, decided on The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Rings, because we knew it would be so interesting. There is nothing liek reading a book and knowing all the underlying things the author threw in, and Dr. Holt seemed to know all of those little secrets. I will never forget this amazing experience and class.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-62059221968080262582008-04-02T13:12:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:55:49.244+08:00Newbery Award<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfeW59V43SgsRWLIeYQ7F5uhcJFUeTSmh6q7leqCaGQ6q3_2ipwx_sHzQxKryPDp9uBggFxShh6Ry1JL0QRRXkQmykzoMvJYrObKDZs443wR1Z5zuONKJvmL4ktCNMBnaufUR-BeUEfo/s1600-h/newbery.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfeW59V43SgsRWLIeYQ7F5uhcJFUeTSmh6q7leqCaGQ6q3_2ipwx_sHzQxKryPDp9uBggFxShh6Ry1JL0QRRXkQmykzoMvJYrObKDZs443wR1Z5zuONKJvmL4ktCNMBnaufUR-BeUEfo/s320/newbery.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187285380500807218" /></a><br />I have already researched the Caldecott Award in a previos post and so now I think it's time for another award given for Children's Literature! "The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the outstanding American book for children. The award has been given since 1922. Together with the Caldecott Medal, it is considered the most prestigious award for children's literature in the United States. It is named for John Newbery, an 18th century publisher of juvenile books.<br /><br />The Newbery Medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan in 1921 and depicts on the reverse, an author giving his work (a book) to a male and female child to read." (Wikipedia)<br /><br />Here is a list of the <br />Year Author Book <br />2008 Laura Amy Schlitz Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village <br />2007 Susan Patron The Higher Power of Lucky <br />2006 Lynne Rae Perkins Criss Cross <br />2005 Cynthia Kadohata Kira-Kira <br />2004 Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux <br />2003 Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead <br />2002 Linda Sue Park A Single Shard <br />2001 Richard Peck A Year Down Yonder <br />2000 Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy <br />1999 Louis Sachar Holes <br />1998 Karen Hesse Out of the Dust <br />1997 E. L. Konigsburg The View from Saturday <br />1996 Karen Cushman The Midwife's Apprentice <br />1995 Sharon Creech Walk Two Moons <br />1994 Lois Lowry The Giver <br />1993 Cynthia Rylant Missing May <br />1992 Phyllis Naylor Shiloh <br />1991 Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee <br />1990 Lois Lowry Number the Stars <br />1989 Paul Fleischman Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices <br />1988 Russell Freedman Lincoln: A Photobiography <br />1987 Sid Fleischman The Whipping Boy <br />1986 Patricia MacLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall <br />1985 Robin McKinley The Hero and the Crown <br />1984 Beverly Cleary Dear Mr. Henshaw <br />1983 Cynthia Voigt Dicey's Song <br />1982 Nancy Willard A Visit to William Blake's Inn <br />1981 Katherine Paterson Jacob Have I Loved <br />1980 Joan Blos A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal <br />1979 Ellen Raskin The Westing Game <br />1978 Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia <br />1977 Mildred Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry <br />1976 Susan Cooper The Grey King <br />1975 Virginia Hamilton M. C. Higgins, the Great <br />1974 Paula Fox The Slave Dancer <br />1973 Jean George Julie of the Wolves <br />1972 Robert C. O'Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH <br />1971 Betsy Byars Summer of the Swans <br />1970 William H. Armstrong Sounder <br />1969 Lloyd Alexander The High King <br />1968 E. L. Konigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler <br />1967 Irene Hunt Up a Road Slowly <br />1966 Elizabeth Borton de Treviño I, Juan de Pareja <br />1965 Maia Wojciechowska Shadow of a Bull <br />1964 Emily Neville It's Like This, Cat <br />1963 Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time <br />1962 Elizabeth Speare The Bronze Bow <br />1961 Scott O'Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins <br />1960 Joseph Krumgold Onion John <br />1959 Elizabeth Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond <br />1958 Harold Keith Rifles for Watie <br />1957 Virginia Sorenson Miracles on Maple Hill <br />1956 Jean Lee Latham Carry On, Mr. Bowditch <br />1955 Meindert DeJong The Wheel on the School <br />1954 Joseph Krumgold ...And Now Miguel <br />1953 Ann Nolan Clark Secret of the Andes <br />1952 Eleanor Estes Ginger Pye <br />1951 Elizabeth Yates Amos Fortune, Free Man <br />1950 Marguerite de Angeli The Door in the Wall <br />1949 Marguerite Henry King of the Wind <br />1948 William Pène du Bois The Twenty-One Balloons <br />1947 Carolyn Bailey Miss Hickory <br />1946 Lois Lenski Strawberry Girl <br />1945 Robert Lawson Rabbit Hill <br />1944 Esther Forbes Johnny Tremain <br />1943 Elizabeth Gray Vining Adam of the Road <br />1942 Walter D. Edmonds The Matchlock Gun <br />1941 Armstrong Sperry Call It Courage <br />1940 James Daugherty Daniel Boone <br />1939 Elizabeth Enright Thimble Summer <br />1938 Kate Seredy The White Stag <br />1937 Ruth Sawyer Roller Skates <br />1936 Carol Ryrie Brink Caddie Woodlawn <br />1935 Monica Shannon Dobry <br />1934 Cornelia Meigs Invincible Louisa <br />1933 Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze <br />1932 Laura Adams Armer Waterless Mountain <br />1931 Elizabeth Coatsworth The Cat Who Went to Heaven <br />1930 Rachel Field Hitty, Her First Hundred Years <br />1929 Eric P. Kelly The Trumpeter of Krakow <br />1928 Dhan Gopal Mukerji Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon <br />1927 Will James Smoky the Cow Horse <br />1926 Arthur Bowie Chrisman Shen of the Sea <br />1925 Charles Finger Tales from Silver Lands <br />1924 Charles Hawes The Dark Frigate <br />1923 Hugh Lofting The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle <br />1922 Hendrik Willem van Loon The Story of Mankind <br /><br /><br />As you can see many of the stories we read have won this award! It is very pretigious and these books become very well known!<br /><br />There is a picture of the award!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-19058672150270108072008-04-01T15:33:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:55:35.057+08:00Nancy DrewI remember at the beginning if the semester Dr. Robinson told us how she LOVED Nancy Drew. I am sad to say I was a child of the popular days of Babysitter's Club and Goose Bumps. I feel as though I missed out on classics like Nancy Drew because I was trying too hard to be cool and fit in. <br /><br />So this week at the library I picked up Nancy Drew, The Mystery at Lilac Inn.<br /><br />"Nancy and Helen Corning (soon-to-be Mrs. Jim Archer) go to stay at historic Lilac Inn. The historic building and grounds are now being modernized into a local resort spot, by their friend, owner Emily Crandall. Strange happenings and hauntings occur, which threaten to spoil the opening. Nancy suddenly discovers a link to a wicked double, who is stealing items at River Heights stores, and who has misappropriated Nancy's charge cards. Emily's diamonds are stolen and replaced with fakes during a dramatic evening dinner party at the Inn, and it is up to Nancy to tie together her mysterious evil twin, the haunting, and an evil ex-felon her father prosecuted for forgery. Explosions and underwater attacks further delay progress in the case, as well as the suspicious actions of a new social director. Adding to the problem, a mysterious "shark" seen in the nearby Muskoka river. Nancy's solution captures not only the criminals, but unmasks her evil twin and an international espionage operation in her own backyard!" (WIkipedia)<br /><br />I love who Nancy is. She is smart, witty, and so fun! She is one of those characters you fall in love with the minute you open the book.<br /><br />A fun fact I learned was that the book was originally released in 1931, and the plot was totally different!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-5364319770877587352008-03-27T06:56:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:53:32.521+08:00Shel SilversteinOut of all the poets we have been reading in class, Shel Silverstein is my favorite! His sense of humor is hilarious. Even better than that though is the memories it brings up for me. My brother LOVED The Giving Tree more than I could even express in words. Growing up he honestly thought it was the coolest book ever! Then in middle school Shel Silverstein showed up again in my life. I used to participate in these speech competitions. I competed in poetry and prose and I used the Silverstein poem "Sick" for one of my competition. It won me first place many times, so I am VERY thankful for the warm-hearted poem. So in honor of Shel Silverstein I have written a poem about his life!<br /><br />Uncle Shelby served in the U.S. Army, <br />He wrote for the Newspaper call Stars and Stripes.<br />He lived in Japan and also Korea,<br />Everytime people read his work they said oh my, oh mia!<br />Shel has also written alot of songs,<br />Everyone loves it, from children to moms!<br />He had two children of his own, <br />But sadly died of a heart attack in his home.<br /><br />Kind of a morbid ending, but some good information none the less! :)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-84701729364675235022008-03-26T23:13:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:53:12.070+08:00POETRY!One thing I regret so much growing up is never being read poetry! My parents were wonderful encouragers of readers, but poetry was never really read to us. We had exciting stories and fun books, but never poetry. It is exciting that I have been given an opportunity to be exposed to these fun poems! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Child's Anthology of Poems and I can't wait to have this book on my own children's shelf. I can't wait to read these poems to my children. I felt like a little kid as I read these poems. I laughed at the silliest things, but they just made me REALLy happy!Sitting in class, I remember hearing Mrs. Robinson talk about how much her boys thought Boa Constrictor was HILARIOUS! I can't wait to have moments like this with my kids. I can't wait for them to fall in love with poetry.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-39505159256090378732008-03-25T01:26:00.000+08:002008-04-22T13:52:49.353+08:00The Winter of Red SnowTrying to figure out the next of my outside readings to pick, I began talking to my friend about books she loved when she was growing up. Her family is the most patriotic family I have ever met. Every Labor Day Weekend they have a family get together called "Yeah America". At Yeah America they celebrate America and freedom and our country's history. Therefore it is no suprise when she reminded me of the series of books called Dear America. These books are so neat. The Scholastic website describes the series of books as “Travel back to the earliest days of America through the diary pages of these courageous girls. Follow their amazing journey – as told by incredible authors – through the growth of our great nation.” <br /><br /><br />I found a list of all of the books in the series<br /><br />TITLES (In order by historical chronology):<br /><br /><br /><br />A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky<br /><br /><br />I WALK IN DREAD: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691<br />by Lisa Rowe Fraustino<br />Scholastic<br />ISBN: 0439249732<br />Ages 9-12<br />203 pages<br /><br />Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and where she does her daily chores in fear of her cruel uncle's angry temper. But when four young girls from the village accuse some of the local women of being witches, Deliverance finds herself caught up in the ensuing drama of the trials. And life in Salem is never the same.<br /><br /><br />STANDING IN THE LIGHT: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne<br /><br /><br />LOOK TO THE HILLS: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763<br />by Patricia C. McKissack<br />Scholastic<br />ISBN: 0439210380<br />Ages 9-14<br />192 pages<br />April 2004<br /><br />Lozette, or Zettie, is an orphaned slave girl who arrives with her French masters in New York Colony at the end of the French-Indian War. There, she must reconsider her loyalties when she is confronted with new landscapes, new conditions and new conflicts.<br /><br /><br />LOVE THY NEIGHBOR: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner<br /><br /><br />THE WINTER OF RED SNOW: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory<br /><br /><br />A LINE IN THE SAND: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland<br /><br /><br />VALLEY OF THE MOON: The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland<br /><br /><br />SO FAR FROM HOME: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg<br /><br /><br />ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory<br /><br /><br />ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald<br /><br /><br />SEEDS OF HOPE: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory<br /><br /><br />A PICTURE OF FREEDOM: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia C. McKissack<br /><br /><br />A LIGHT IN THE STORM: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse<br /><br /><br />WHEN WILL THIS CRUEL WAR BE OVER?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg<br /><br /><br />THE GIRL WHO CHASED AWAY SORROW: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner<br /><br /><br />I THOUGHT MY SOUL WOULD RISE AND FLY: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen<br /><br /><br />THE GREAT RAILROAD RACE: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory<br /><br /><br />LAND OF THE BUFFALO BONES: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer<br /><br /><br />MY HEART IS ON THE GROUND: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi<br /><br /><br />MY FACE TO THE WIND: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher. Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 by Jim Murphy<br /><br /><br />WEST TO A LAND OF PLENTY: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy<br /><br /><br />A COAL MINER'S BRIDE: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti<br /><br /><br />DREAMS IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky<br /><br /><br />HEAR MY SORROW: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909<br />by Deborah Hopkinson<br />Scholastic<br />ISBN: 0439221617<br />Ages 9-12<br />188 pages<br /><br />Angela and her family have arrived in New York City from their village in Italy to find themselves settled in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side. When her father is no longer able to work, Angela must leave school and work in a shirtwaist factory. She plays a part in the drama and turmoil that erupt as workers begin to strike, protesting the terrible conditions in the sweatshops. And she records the horrors of the Triangle Factory fire and the triumphs and sorrows of the labor movement.<br /><br /><br />VOYAGE ON THE GREAT TITANIC : The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White<br /><br /><br />A TIME FOR COURAGE: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 by Kathryn Lasky<br /><br /><br />WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AGAIN: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine<br /><br /><br />COLOR ME DARK: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia C. McKissack<br /><br /><br />MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg<br /><br /><br />CHRISTMAS AFTER ALL: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift. Indianapolis, IN, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky<br /><br /><br />SURVIVAL IN THE STORM: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935<br />by Katelan Janke<br />Scholastic<br />ISBN: 0439215994<br />Ages 9-14<br />189 pages<br /><br />In 16-year-old Katelan Janke's first Dear America book, we meet Grace Edwards, a little girl growing up in the heart of the Texas panhandle, in the midst of the Dust Bowl. Fierce, dust-filled winds ravage the plains and threaten the town's agricultural livelihood, creating poverty and despair among Grace's neighbors. Will her family's farm survive?<br /><br /><br />ONE EYE LAUGHING THE OTHER WEEPING: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938 by Barry Deneberg<br /><br /><br />MY SECRET WAR: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne<br /><br /><br />EARLY SUNDAY MORNING: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941<br />by Barry Denenberg<br />Scholastic<br />ISBN: 0439328748<br />Ages 9-14<br />156 pages<br /><br />In her diary, 12-year-old Amber describes moving to Hawaii in 1941 and experiencing the horror of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.<br /><br /><br />WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? The Diary of Molly Mackenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White<br /><br />I read the Winter of Red Snow and it was AMAZING. I brought it over to my grandparents house over Easter and I couldn't put it down. I felt like I was there. I felt like I was living the life of the family. Seeing the soldiers come in and out of my town and hearing bad news. I felt like I was one of the girls that at the age of 12 had to help take care of her little sisters, and help wounded soliders fighting for our independence!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-22328766814636588742008-03-24T01:27:00.002+08:002008-03-30T07:53:38.016+08:00The LibraryI had THE MOST EXCITING DAY EVER YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I rediscovered the public library. I forgot just how cool it is! I went to go have coffee with a friend in Downtown Bryan, and wondered into the library. I came out with a library card and 6 books. I felt like a child in a candyshop. I stayed upstairs in the "Juvineille" section for over an hour. I read all sorts of books that I remember from my past. What I loved the most was the smell and the oldness of the books! Everything looked so worn in and it was like a haven for people who love reading!<br /><br />On a lighter note, this reminded me of a Sesame Street skit called "No Cookies in the Library". I have attached it here. I hope You like it!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZJlkplvYdgA&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZJlkplvYdgA&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-62882503928074085132008-03-07T10:27:00.002+08:002008-03-07T10:51:37.166+08:00Ramona Quimby, Age 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNlx9H04NOpuJFPOj8ovc4YyganiE66msVL6p76ucgX0ZQ_wvXDsBQrondTYx9k-r-woadEqAjM2FF81ygJVyv-qv-OONQshn6j7N7qiSR3lLmrxIFsWMKFkTvvrFZdT5e2MNSckLvcc/s1600-h/ramona.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNlx9H04NOpuJFPOj8ovc4YyganiE66msVL6p76ucgX0ZQ_wvXDsBQrondTYx9k-r-woadEqAjM2FF81ygJVyv-qv-OONQshn6j7N7qiSR3lLmrxIFsWMKFkTvvrFZdT5e2MNSckLvcc/s320/ramona.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174826926498153714" /></a><br />As I was trying to figure out the next outside reading I wanted to explore. I thought long and hard about what I loved when I was a child. Then I remembered Ramona! For some reason I always think of my sister. I imagined my sister as Ramona when I think about what she'd he like if she was real. She is sassy, fun, and oh so tough. Beverly Cleary is BRILLIANT at creating this "Ramona World". Kids LOVE her! I want to meet her!<br /><br />A little insight into the book. It is the adventure o the first year that Ramona gets to ride the school bus to school. But, now that Dad is going back to college and Mom has to work full time she stays with Howie's grandmother after school. That wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for Willa Jean.<br /><br />Remember when you were 8 years old and there was the snotty 4 or 5 year old who thought they knew everything. Well that is Willa Jean, and since Ramona is the know-it-all she doesn't like it at all! My favorite part is when Willa Jean make Ramona play "castle" and she is the princess which leaves Ramona to be the prince....Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-35560612933514966182008-03-03T08:56:00.000+08:002008-03-03T08:57:05.521+08:00Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-11297134381516864322008-03-01T00:56:00.002+08:002008-03-07T11:19:11.688+08:00Junie B Jones<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmHIoNpgBhyDHxvLRVZtOZ6-cb16jvfZp_MCNwLD5r_i1JYxuCSbg9vihC8cHAGJLLiovG5y_q04wDyuY5yIOG0t8q-p9H0mxdier00B15YizWYRkEOtXtS3t42fuwvTeCheRVVD8LqY/s1600-h/junie.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmHIoNpgBhyDHxvLRVZtOZ6-cb16jvfZp_MCNwLD5r_i1JYxuCSbg9vihC8cHAGJLLiovG5y_q04wDyuY5yIOG0t8q-p9H0mxdier00B15YizWYRkEOtXtS3t42fuwvTeCheRVVD8LqY/s320/junie.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174834043258963234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJpWDvwuPpyfBDvdZtYrmGv8SIlQbVaTn-TmgnKbul9TKstZfSF5Pmux730jrk7kuq6IO6jbefpA1zsF4XnW6lAn1f6K-zcbtdnT1woNqx-OqYmQYBC91oFG1Cj0QUdL_Z5dNHIs3JNE/s1600-h/junie.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJpWDvwuPpyfBDvdZtYrmGv8SIlQbVaTn-TmgnKbul9TKstZfSF5Pmux730jrk7kuq6IO6jbefpA1zsF4XnW6lAn1f6K-zcbtdnT1woNqx-OqYmQYBC91oFG1Cj0QUdL_Z5dNHIs3JNE/s320/junie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174833824215631122" /></a><br />This girl is HILARIOUS!! I never remembered reading Junie B Jones when I was younger. One of my favorite little girls in the world, though, was reading it to me the other day and I was literally cackling outloud. It was hilarious. Being a future kindergarten teacher, I was thinking how much I hope I have a student who is just like that. There are 28 books that follow Junie B.'s life throughout kindergarten and first grade. This excerpt shows a little bit of tiny Junie B.'s BIG personality.<br /><br />Chapter 5: My Worstest Night Ever<br /><br />It was my worstest night ever.<br /><br />I didn't sleep any winks.<br /><br />That's because I had to keep my eyes open. Or else the monster wouldn't stay invisible.<br /><br />I heard Mother and Daddy go to bed.<br /><br />"GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY! GOOD NIGHT! IT'S ME! IT'S JUNIE B. JONES! I AM STILL AWAKE IN HERE. 'CAUSE I CAN'T EVEN CLOSE MY EYES OR THE MONSTER WILL COME!"<br /><br />Mother and Daddy didn't yell back.<br /><br />"PLUS HERE'S ANOTHER THING I NEED TO TELL YOU! DON'T TURN OUT THE HALL LIGHT. PLUS DON'T SHUT MY DOOR! PLUS DON'T SHUT YOUR DOOR, EITHER!"<br /><br />"Go to sleep!" grouched Mother.<br /><br />I smiled very relieved.<br /><br />"It was good to hear your voice," I said real soft.<br /><br />After that, Mother and Daddy got in bed. And they turned out their light.<br /><br />Daddy started to snore.<br /><br />"Oh no," I said. "Now he won't even be awake to save me if the monster comes."<br /><br />I pulled Philip Johnny Bob out of my covers.<br /><br />"I will save you," he said. "I will squirt water in the monster's face. Plus I will stomple him with my giant elephant feet. And so now you can close your eyes. And you don't even have to worry about that guy."<br /><br />I looked and looked at him.<br /><br />"Yeah, only here's the problem," I said. "You're not actually strong 'cause you just have fluffy in you. Plus also you can't really squirt water. And so who am I kidding here?"<br /><br />Philip Johnny Bob stared at me a real long time.<br /><br />Then he went back under the covers.<br /><br />Just then, I heard feet in the hall.<br /><br />It was monster feet, I think!<br /><br />They kept getting closer and closer to me.<br /><br />Then pretty soon they runned right in my room!<br /><br />And guess what?<br /><br />It was my dog, Tickle! That's what!<br /><br />"Tickle! Tickle! I am so glad to see you! 'Cause now you can protect me from the monster! And so why didn't I think of this before?"<br /><br />I pulled back my covers and patted for him to jump up.<br /><br />"Here, Tickle! You can sleep right on my pillow! 'Cause Mother won't even find out about this!"<br /><br />Then Tickle springed right up there. And he runned all around on my bed.<br /><br />He put his head under my sheets and runned down to my feet.<br /><br />"No, Tickle!. No! No! You have to come back up here! Or else how will you even protect me?"<br /><br />I pulled him back up.<br /><br />He put his paws on Raggedy Larry. And chewed his red hair.<br /><br />"No, Tickle! No! No!" I said.<br /><br />Just then, Tickle springed over me. And he landed on my elephant named Philip Johnny Bob.<br /><br />He holded him by his trunk. And shaked that guy all around.<br /><br />I saved Philip Johnny Bob just in time.<br /><br />Then I pushed Tickle off my bed. And he runned out of my room.<br /><br />Philip Johnny Bob was very upset.<br /><br />I petted his trunk.<br /><br />Also, I hugged Raggedy Larry.<br /><br />Only too bad for me. 'Cause just then Raggedy Ruth fell right out of my bed. On account of the dumb sheets weren't tucked in anymore.<br /><br />Me and Raggedy Larry peeked over the side at her.<br /><br />"Get her, said Raggedy Larry.<br /><br />"Yeah, only I I>can't/I> get her," I said real upset. "Or else the monster will grab my hand and pull me right under the bed."<br /><br />I thought about what to do.<br /><br />Then -- all of a sudden -- I picked up all my friends in my arms.<br /><br />"We have to make a run for it," I told them. "We have to sleep with Mother and Daddy tonight. 'Cause we will be safe with them. Plus they won't even know we're there probably. 'Cause their bed is the size of a king."<br /><br />I stood on the side of my bed. Then I jumped way out to the middle of the floor. And I quick picked up Raggedy Ruth.<br /><br />I ran to Mother and Daddy's room.<br /><br />They were sleeping and snoring.<br /><br />"Shh," I said to Raggedy Larry.<br /><br />"Shh," I said to Philip Johnny Bob.<br /><br />Then all of us crawled down the middle of their bed. And we sneaked under their covers.<br /><br />Only too bad for me. 'Cause Mother rolled right over on Philip Johnny Bob's trunk. And it waked her right up.<br /><br />She turned on the light.<br /><br />I did a gulp.<br /><br />"Hello. How are you today? Me and my friends are sleeping here. 'Cause we didn't think you'd mind, probably."<br /><br />Mother carried me back to my room zippity quick.<br /><br />Then she leaned close to my ear. And she talked very scary with her teeth closed.<br /><br />"Do... not... get... out... of... bed... one... more... time," she said.<br /><br />And so guess what?<br /><br />I didn't.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-2774989280952891972008-02-27T15:13:00.002+08:002008-03-07T10:27:21.926+08:00Alice In Wonderland<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfOlJNikZ6WI1nU1JELNmYqMd3lXIIHFQ94qsxo3rCNz2QVVpbYlYldFJtFrt6uCn0SFddHYcngCXaEVTKu_pZRpEyGfH6KgpxUUsLp3Cyl__HwF6kI_0-ndZsvJlhQCNtEKPOzfkr5c/s1600-h/prettyalice.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfOlJNikZ6WI1nU1JELNmYqMd3lXIIHFQ94qsxo3rCNz2QVVpbYlYldFJtFrt6uCn0SFddHYcngCXaEVTKu_pZRpEyGfH6KgpxUUsLp3Cyl__HwF6kI_0-ndZsvJlhQCNtEKPOzfkr5c/s320/prettyalice.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174820681615705314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-vUOuyOrZj_ehvGhUthehoPURn5rcaNEvKITSi3fMeI1Yu-Z3owj5XGjqBPXLRcjsPsMjWRqkUKcSTF7SJVVbuteDzVykTzhdBQ8ihumlse13Gh8wF1IvI7rDnexS4a7j7Xyqu8Brx8/s1600-h/sketch+alice.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-vUOuyOrZj_ehvGhUthehoPURn5rcaNEvKITSi3fMeI1Yu-Z3owj5XGjqBPXLRcjsPsMjWRqkUKcSTF7SJVVbuteDzVykTzhdBQ8ihumlse13Gh8wF1IvI7rDnexS4a7j7Xyqu8Brx8/s320/sketch+alice.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174818727405585618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnaLc_jWetTfcY524rpdQxoZW2xvHBseiMmfzOG2yKEcUgQuOIVhQjWw7fAzoynmdvH4sriqs1cV8fY_ChibSCuTDWUC0r9lwrdCxF6TrDUb13REEB__inSXdOUAcWRg2SWgO7erJvVE/s1600-h/disney+alcie.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnaLc_jWetTfcY524rpdQxoZW2xvHBseiMmfzOG2yKEcUgQuOIVhQjWw7fAzoynmdvH4sriqs1cV8fY_ChibSCuTDWUC0r9lwrdCxF6TrDUb13REEB__inSXdOUAcWRg2SWgO7erJvVE/s320/disney+alcie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174818207714542786" /></a><br />I thought it was so interesting this week in class, how we everything in Alice has such a meaning. I have been noticing this a lot about children's literature. Most of the stories I have heard before, but there is so much more to the stories than I ever knew! Alice in Wonderland has been portrayed in so many different ways, so I thought I would research them. I found out that even the way people thought Alice just simply looked vary so much! Here are some of my favorites I found:<br /><br />First the one we all recognize, the Disney Alice. This is the picture to the top left. Honestly, this one creeps me out the least. It is happy and normal. The Alice I think of when I think of Alice in Wonderland.<br /><br />Next, is the scary Alice. This is the what I would imagine when people describe the Alice in the "drug world" of Wonderland. Frankly, I wouldn't want to come in cantat with this Alice.<br /><br />Last, there is my favorite. It is is the right hand part of the post. I call her "Pretty Alice". This is the Alice I would want to be and the Wonderland I want to visit!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185537870568241443.post-53592990013739991212008-02-24T12:13:00.001+08:002008-02-24T12:13:27.425+08:00SaturdayKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09247299868638920741noreply@blogger.com0