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From: Richard Kerper <Richard.Kerper>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:33:58 -0500
The page where Rabbit pulls the elephant's tail, bringing him into the story, has implied movement from right to left. The pages in which Rabbit returns with the rhino and the hippo and then the deer, alligator, bear and duck clearly show right to left movement. For me, this presentation is an effective way of visually representing Rabbit's return to deposit a new animal on the pile. It builds anticipation and tension. The animals have no place to escape to after Rabbit retrieves them because Rabbit impedes their movement to the right.
What I find puzzling is the order of the animals in the pile. If the page with the deer, alligator, etc. is understood to be a series of events, how did the duck end up in the middle of the pile? Why isn't the hippo on top of the rhino? What does this unanticipated order communicate? Chaos? More?
Richard M. Kerper Director, Center for the Study of Children's Literature Associate Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education P.O. Box 1002 W. Cottage Avenue Millersville, PA 1755102 717/871$47 rkerper at millersville.edu
Received on Fri 07 Feb 2003 03:33:58 PM CST
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:33:58 -0500
The page where Rabbit pulls the elephant's tail, bringing him into the story, has implied movement from right to left. The pages in which Rabbit returns with the rhino and the hippo and then the deer, alligator, bear and duck clearly show right to left movement. For me, this presentation is an effective way of visually representing Rabbit's return to deposit a new animal on the pile. It builds anticipation and tension. The animals have no place to escape to after Rabbit retrieves them because Rabbit impedes their movement to the right.
What I find puzzling is the order of the animals in the pile. If the page with the deer, alligator, etc. is understood to be a series of events, how did the duck end up in the middle of the pile? Why isn't the hippo on top of the rhino? What does this unanticipated order communicate? Chaos? More?
Richard M. Kerper Director, Center for the Study of Children's Literature Associate Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education P.O. Box 1002 W. Cottage Avenue Millersville, PA 1755102 717/871$47 rkerper at millersville.edu
Received on Fri 07 Feb 2003 03:33:58 PM CST
