Red Riding Hood

• Book title

Red Riding Hood

• Author

Fran Hunia

• Analysis of the Story

Flat characters

Protagonist  Red riding hood

Antagonist  Big bad wolf

Foil character  Grandma

Supporting character  Red riding hood's daddy  

Setting  backdrop

Narrative point of view  omniscient narrator

Plot  sequential

Conflict  the protagonist against another

Theme  

Red riding hood's mummy asked her to bring some cakes for grandma in the woods.  While into the woods, she met the big bad wolf that wanted to eat both her and her grandma.  Thus, he went to grandma's house before red riding hood arrived.  When red riding hood finally got to her grandma's house, she found that her grandma had gone.  Fortunately, her father came and saved them.

Style  

Simple word choice, short sentence length, clear story construction, and easy and useful dialogue in the story. 

Tone

Peaceful atmosphere in the beginning until the big bad wolf showed on.  In the climax, when the big bad wolf pretended to be her grandma, the feeling turned out to be intense.  Finally, the father appeared, all the intensity relieved in the end.

• Reflection

 This is not the same type of Red Riding Hood as everybody know.  In the original version written by Grimm, both red riding hood and her grandmother were actually had been eaten by the big bad wolf.  Luckily, a hunter who passed by their house heard the calling for help, saving their life from the wolf's stomach.  However, in this version, the Red riding hood was not been eaten, neither was her grandmother.  Instead, her grandmother hid in a cupboard and Red riding hood ran outside asking for rescue.  I think these plot changes were because this book was mainly for the young children.  There were more plot in the book led kids to think, and to learn.  The grandma was not fragile like the previous version, she was able to find a place to hide.  The Red riding hood was not the same girl as well, she was smart enough to discover the disguised grandma on the bed.  On the cover of the book, the topic is  Read it yourself.  This picture book focused on letting children read the book on their own.  Therefore, the story had changed into a warmer and less terrific plot.  For children, they might use to listen to Grimm's Red Riding Hood, but this version would give them another image of the story.  

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I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato

• Book title

I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato

• Author

Lauren Child

• Analysis of the Story

Flat characters

Protagonist  Little sister, Lola

Antagonist  Lola's brother, Charlie

Foil character  None

Supporting character  None  

Setting  integral

Narrative point of view  omniscient narrator

Plot  sequential

Conflict  the protagonist against another

Theme  

Little Lola is a fussy eater, so picky and not fond of many kinds of food.  In order to make the little sister try those unpleasant food, Charlie make up some fancy story for them.  In the end, not only did Lola eat those nasty food she dislike, but also ate tomato, the least thing she will eat. 

Style  

Simple and lovely word choice, appropriate sentence length, clear story construction, and interesting dialogue between Lola and Charlie. 

Tone

Joyful and amusing feeling through all the story, with full of imagination and cute conversation in between.

• Reflection

 Children tends to be picky about food for any reason just like the little sister, Lola.  She does not like carrots because of rabbit.  She dislike peas since the green color and the small round shape.  Moreover, she especially hates tomatoes for no reason.  For most of parents, these situation can be a big challenge for them.  Either do them force those kids eat those unpleasant food with tears in their eyes, or take the risk of that the kids might be unhealthy because lacking of vitamin C or D or so on.  This picture book provides parents another choice of method to make their children eat healthier.  The little brother, Charlie, made up plenty of story and description about those food that his sister hated.  carrots as orange twiglets from Jupiter, peas as green drops from Greenland falling from the sky, potatoes as cloud fluff from the peak of Mount Fuji, and even the fish sticks can be describes as the ocean nibbles from the supermarket.  Undoubtedly, she ate them all!  She even ate the tomato by imaging it as moonsquirters by herself.  The best ability of children I think must be their imagination.  This book leads children to another fantastic food world by its story plot, and I believe that is indeed a great way for them (and for parents, too) to tackle those nasty food challenge!        

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Come Along, Daisy!

• Book title

Come Along, Daisy!

• Author

Jane Simmons

• Analysis of the Story

Flat characters

Protagonist  Daisy

Antagonist  Something stirring underneath the water and something screeching in the sky (in the picture)

Foil character  None

Supporting character  Mama duck  

Setting  integral

Narrative point of view  omniscient narrator

Plot  sequential

Conflict  the protagonist against another

Theme  

A duckling, Daisy, didn't listen to her mother to come along with her, and met something dangerous during the adventure.

Style  

Simple word choice, short sentence length, clear story construction vivid exposition and easy dialogue between mama duck and Daisy. 

Tone

Relax atmosphere in the beginning, turned out to be a  little bit nervous when Daisy got lost and far away from mama duck, but felt pleasant when mama duck finally found her child.

• Reflection

I think this is quite a great picture book for child learning to behave good.  First of all, in the content, "Come along, Daisy!" kept appearing repeatedly, giving the reader, especially for those in the young age, realizing the importance of this sentence in this story.  Mama duck told Daisy to stay close from the very beginning, while Daisy was just like most of kids around us, curious and astonished about everything, thus easily to be attracted.  She was not listen to her mother, therefore some dangers came along.  Besides, the author used a mysterious way to give reader the impression of danger.  Not telling what it is, she expressed the image of danger by illustrated instead, only described them as something stirring underneath the water and something screeching in the sky, happened to let children guess what the dangers might be.  Just like the reality, most of dangers in our life are unknown either.  This book, Come Along, Daisy! is indeed a wonderful and lovely book for me, and I believe it must be also helpful for most of the kids.

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