The Tale of Peter Rabbit

These above are two videos of The Tale of Peter Rabbit story. The videos stayed very close to the original book. The color scheme was the same. And defiantly the story plot was the same too. One thing the video had that the book did not was Peter’s friend Benjamin. Benjamin was not an important character in the videos (he was seen once and mentioned another time). Peter wanted Benjamin to go with him to Mr. McGregor’s garden, but he could not. Another difference was at the end of the book Peter did not turn around or stop until get was home but in the video he stopped in the middle of the woods. I noticed that in both versions Peter was very boy or childlike but during his run in with Mr. McGregor he lost his shoes, lost his jacket, and started to run on all four legs. It seems like Peter turned into a real rabbit when he was being chased and he even acted less boy like. But at the end he turns more boy like. The story has a lesson at the end, just like many Victorian stories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rppig5VYYlQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIwIhSj3t_0&feature=related

Children's Books and their Illustrations

In Children’s books the illustrations are so very important. I never really thought about the illustration as the most important part of the story but they truly are. Once I started to read the chapters from the Literature for Children book, I started to realize how important the pictures are. Thinking back, when I was younger I loved the pictures in all of the books I read. Sometimes, I would not even want to read the book I only wanted to look at the beautiful pictures. It gave me visualization for what the story was about. One thing that I wish I would have paid attention to when I was younger was the colors that were being used in the pictures. The illustrator uses bright colors and dark colors to show mood. Furthermore, the books states that red and yellows are warm colors that show excitement and blue and greens are cool colors that are used to represent calmness or quietness.

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Junie B. Jones has her first day of afternoon kinder garden. Junie is scared and nervous. Junie is not too happy about riding the bus to school. One she gets on the bus, she does not like it. It is not like the car her father drives. Junie tries to sit with a girl on the bus, but she little girl tells Junie that the seat is saved. Once Junie gets to school, her teacher takes her and the rest of the students on a tour of the school. During the tour, another student tells Junie that they pour milk on your head on the way home in the bus. So Junie does not want to ride the bus. Junie hides at the end of the day. Junie explores the school but soon she has to go to the bathroom. Unfortunately, the doors to the bathroom are locked. Junie panics and calls 911. Police officers and firefighters come to the school. As Junie runs out of the building she tells the “man with the trash can” she has to go to the bathroom, so he unlocks the door for her. Junie’s mother shows up and finds out Junie was avoiding the bus. So, Junie’s mother sets up for Junie to sit with her classroom friend, Grace, to sit with her in the bus

Junie miss says many things and sentences. For example she says, “Pasketti and meatballs” and The Wizard of Odds
There is a lot of dialogue in the book.
There are also a lot of descriptive words.
Junie sees many things for the first time (like a boy and girl bathroom) many children can relate and many adults can remember the times.
Junie talks about her Grandma Miller a lot, perhaps she spent her days with her while Junie’s parents worked.
Almost everything is Junie’s favorite but not buses or yellow.

Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry was born March 20, 1937. Lois was born in Hawaii to two loveing parents named Robert and KatherineHammersburg. She has an older sister, Helen, and a younger brother Jon. Lois married Donald Lowry and they had four beautiful children together. After Lois’s children grew oldeR, Lois decided to go back to school and finish her degree. Lois started to write children’s books. Unfortunatly, Lois and Donald divorced in 1977 and many years later their son Grey died in a plane accident. With such tragic events, Lois continued to write. Lois had wriiten over 40 books. Also, Lois has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice. The first Newbery Medal was for her book Number the Stars and her second one is for The Giver.

The Giver

I read The Giver whenever I was in seventh grade, so I especially enjoyed the read for the weekend. I have not finished chapter 13 yet but I have read through chapter ten. As I was reading The Giver, I noticed a few things that I did not remember from reading it years ago. It seemed as if Jonas’s mother was really strict and not too fast to question events of rules; however, Jonas’s father was quicker to let a rule slip. I feel as if Jonas may have picked up on his father’s views. I think it would be amazing to see The Giver turned into a movie. But I could also see myself disappointed with the movie, because I am sure it would not be as great as the movie.

Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. Tolkien’s father, Arthur Reuel Tolkien, was an English bank manager and his mother, Mabel Tokien, was (well it does not say) probably a house wife. Mabel tutored Tolkien along with his siblings in his early childhood. Later Tolkien attended King Edward's School. Tolkien is most know for many things which include: an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In 1911, Tolkien went to Switzerland and because of that trip he wrote much of Bilbo’s journey across the Misty Mountains. Tolkien asked Edith Mary Bratt to marry him when he was 21 and she was 24. however, she was already engaged to another man but she broke off the engagement to be with Tolkien. Tolkien served as a communications officer during the Battle of the Somme. During his time at Pembroke, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first few of the many The Lord of the Rings Tolkien died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.

The Hobbit

I absolutely loved The Hobbit. I did not think that I was going to enjoy it as much as I did. I have never seen any of the Lord of The Rings movie nor have I ever had any sort of desire to. The Hobbit did not seem like my kind of book. But man I was wrong. During the first forty pages or so I was like ehh it is okay but as I further and further along I could not put the book down. I ended up finishing the book on Tuesday night. I am now looking forward to watching at least one Lord of The Rings movies. I love Bilbo!! I think that’s a natural because Bilbo is you and me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTw4qepN0Ec
This is the movie trailer to The Hobbit. I can’t wait to see it. I am debating whether to write my paper over The Hobbit or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSHLGnexe-w
This is a clip of a cartoon version of The Hobbit. It is really good. I have not finished watching it yet but I suggest everybody to watch it too!