It was fascinating to scroll through the many different Storybooks
provided on the list. It seems like it will be a fun project for this course
that allows for a lot of creativity.
One of the storybooks that caught my eye was Deeper into the
Forest. I am interested in studying the Brothers Grimm this semester, so
naturally this storybook grabbed my attention. It had a nice layout, including
many forest pictures and a background that reminds one of the woods, but the
content of storybook is what really intrigued me. The introduction said that
the stories are all connected and it included a portion of the last story. The
stories lead up to the portion included in the introduction, filling in all the
missing pieces. The author compared his introduction to a movie that shows you
the last chronological scene of the plot, and then fills you in on what
happened before. Some of my favorite movies incorporate this form of storytelling.
Two other storybooks that interested me were Dragons Anonymous and The Creation of
Myth. Dragons Anonymous is written like a gathering of dragons, all telling
their stories to a trusted group of friends offering support, much like the
sharks in Finding Nemo or villains in Wreck-it Ralph. It collects dragon
stories from around the world. Similarly, The Creation of Myth is written like
a gathering of gods describing the different stories of the universe's
creation. One designing detail I liked about this storybook was the use of
different colored font to distinguish between the different gods who are
speaking. What I like about these two storybooks is that it has a centralized
theme, but the stories are taken from many different places. I would prefer to
create this sort of storybook, as opposed to a storybook of only King Arthur
stories.
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