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From: robin smith <smithrobinlynn>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:32:27 PST
Thank you for mentioning Anthony Browne's Voices in the Park. The second graders in my class found the book intriguing on many levels. When I read it aloud, they immediately were interested in the different fonts for the different points of view. They laughed aloud at the snooty mother and the characters' different way of seeing the same event. I am used to the clamor that follows my reading of a picture book ("May I read that, Ms. Smith?!") but the clamor to read Voices in the Park was much more than usual. The illustrations were so captivating that every child wanted to look at it herself. I occasionally hear giggles of recognition when a child notices a new detail in the illustrations.
The four different voices were so carefully and cleverly written that these very young readers were entranced by the story. It gave me a clear vehicle for discussing point of view and 'voice' in a story.
I can imagine an older class putting on an impromptu readers theater using the words and tone of the various characters.
My young readers are easily confused by changing points of view and voice in books, sometimes just the back-and-forth of characters' conversation is a challenge. ("Who is talking now??" is a question I hear pretty often.) Anthony Browne's new book was easy to understand, but challenging enough to engage my whole class for quite a few weeks now.
My students and I loved the book.
hardly voice, sharing out noticeably smiled, text.
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Received on Tue 17 Nov 1998 07:32:27 AM CST
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:32:27 PST
Thank you for mentioning Anthony Browne's Voices in the Park. The second graders in my class found the book intriguing on many levels. When I read it aloud, they immediately were interested in the different fonts for the different points of view. They laughed aloud at the snooty mother and the characters' different way of seeing the same event. I am used to the clamor that follows my reading of a picture book ("May I read that, Ms. Smith?!") but the clamor to read Voices in the Park was much more than usual. The illustrations were so captivating that every child wanted to look at it herself. I occasionally hear giggles of recognition when a child notices a new detail in the illustrations.
The four different voices were so carefully and cleverly written that these very young readers were entranced by the story. It gave me a clear vehicle for discussing point of view and 'voice' in a story.
I can imagine an older class putting on an impromptu readers theater using the words and tone of the various characters.
My young readers are easily confused by changing points of view and voice in books, sometimes just the back-and-forth of characters' conversation is a challenge. ("Who is talking now??" is a question I hear pretty often.) Anthony Browne's new book was easy to understand, but challenging enough to engage my whole class for quite a few weeks now.
My students and I loved the book.
hardly voice, sharing out noticeably smiled, text.
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