Voices in the Park

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The pages I really liked were page 9 and 13 of the voice of the father which showed the illustrations of the father and daughter going to the park. I think the term that would be used to describes them is postmodern, the surreal way they weave popular works of art, distort the landscape and portray adult and child-like themes is stunning. The one place where it worked for me and that gave me a good laugh was on the sign of the homeless panhandler. It tells the story from four separate perspectives about the same day in the park: a woman, her son, a man, and his daughter. This could lead to debate about where social class has come from, whether it actually exists, and why it is here during a 'Philosophy for Children' lesson.

With a perhaps unwitting nod to Har old and the Purple Crayon , Browne has created a book for readers younger than his usual audience. It can be argued the reason as to why Browne did this was to relate the characters more easily to the reader. The pictures in this book alone would create a brilliant point of discussion in the classroom, encouraging children to look carefully at the messages the pictures are showing us, and may point out things that may not be obvious when just glancing at the pictures the first time around. I think Browne has chosen these portraits because their facial expressions can belie a number of similar emotions, dependent upon the emotion of the viewer at any given time. This addition to the Follow the Trail series features glittery, embossed lines that readers can trace across the pages with their fingers while learning about penguins, elephants, bears, and lions.In their independent activities, children further apply their inference skills to answer questions in role, or complete a table detailing who thinks what about who! Everything you need for a successful lesson is included with this Voices in the Park lesson pack - an easy-to-follow plan, a set of slides for the teaching input, and differentiated, printable resources. This beautifully photographed cookbook emphasizes fresh, seasonal cooking, separating recipes into chapters dedicated to the bounty of spring, summer, fall and winter. Re the story, I think the different perspectives of the characters could lead to some interesting discussions and introspective mulling. Read-aloud sessions are a wonderful way for children to understand the connection between written text and spoken language.

It indicates that the girl chimp is going to bring happiness, light and warmth into his dull and lonely life.By doing this, I was able to notice that each 'voice' viewed the park differently in terms of its environment, which would create discussion about the reasoning behind this. However, after the trip to the park, the illustration of their journey home, there was a variety of colours on the page and it was more brighter which indicates that the father became more positive and felt more secure in his life as his daughter provided him with happiness which is stated in the text. In my opinion this is done through a good use of language and wonderful illustrations that pose extraordinary features.

Fierce or friendly, wild or domesticated-the animals that populate this board book bestiary look either awe-inspiring or just plain adorable.

This story deals with complex issues and asks the reader to infer about what is happening to each of the characters. I also love the way that you can experiment with lots of different voices to make the characters more relatable and enhance enjoyment/engagement for children.

Smith’ is more common/popular than ‘Smythe’, suggesting some pretension on the part of the rich family. These separate narrative voices explain their story and how they see things compared to how the other characters perceive situations that are ultimately the same as everyone else’s.

The colors and shadings also show different viewpoints of the characters throughout the story allowing the characters to change and develop with the turn of each page, like when Charlie and Smudge meet where Charlie is weary and calm depicted in neutral colors and slight shading while Smudge is full of fun and excitement wearing bright red or their time together in a bright yellow hue showing friendship and happiness all portray the characters actions and development throughout the story. Anthony Browne makes amazing use of several of the visual elements discussed in Children's Literature, Briefly, chapter 4, like line, shape and color. You are going to ask the same two questions as before with the same discussion as with the first voice. Anthony Browne uses colorful, beautiful illustrations to enhance the story and ad relevant information. It would be worth finding the original paintings that are referenced in the text – such as ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch.