I found my three Storybook examples from the Storybook List
for Myth-Folklore.
The three I have chosen to explore as examples are:
My first example Mean Girls Morals which attracted my
attention because Mean Girls is essentially the cult movie for my
generation. The introduction made this
story seem like a really interesting concept.
The spin-off direction that the author chose to take is very
creative. Undoubtedly, I will be reading
this story in its entirety because the beginning was so grasping.
The Real Veggie Tales is my second example that I chose to
explore more in-depth. I was attracted
to this story because of the title. Veggie
Tales used to play religiously in my household when I was a child. The introduction outlines a story that was
not anything remotely close to what I was expecting. That being said I think the author’s approach
as a psychiatrist for these misunderstood vegetables is quite a clever way of
outlining his or her intro.
Finally, my last storybook example is The Help: The Stories of Cinderella. This storybook project
strikes me as being rather different than my previous choices. The Stories of Cinderella focuses not merely
on one area of story telling; rather this storybook focuses on several
different story lines from around the world.
Thus the author can highlight various similarities in global story
telling, and also exemplify the differences in similar plots. This storybook is somewhat of a statement as
to how storytelling is a global phenomenon.
This phenomenon can be used to teach lessons, preserve history, or
simply keep one’s imagination alive and well.
Every storybook I selected is unique and original in its own
light. These authors are all brilliant
examples of creativity and good writing. After reading and thinking about their
storybooks I have several ideas for my own writing as the class
progresses.
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I am glad you found Storybooks that clicked for you, Rachel - super! That Mean Girls Storybook in particular is really fascinating: I did not realize how iconic that movie was, but again and again the title grabs people's attention, and it often shows up as a favorite. Plus, it is a really perfect use of Aesop's fables: he would approve I am sure! The way that every Storybook is different is what makes it so exciting for me to teach these classes; every semester is different from any semester before, with new topics, new styles, new everything — I am excited to see what this semester's Storybooks will be!
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Haha I love the stories that you picked! I definitely agree that Mean Girls is definitely the cult movie of our generation. I really hate to admit it because I personally don't even think that its a very good movie, but oh well. When I was little, I used to love going to Sunday School just because we would always watch Veggie Tales. I feel it would be very interesting to read these stories.
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