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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:08:22 -0500
I agree with KT's comparison of "What If...?" to Anthony Browne's changes. Both deal with anxiety and both reveals a character's state of mind through the surrealistic images. And although the book is stylistically very different than "Little Roja Riding Hood," like that book it is one that offers more and more to notice the longer one looks at the illustrations. In fact, I find myself noticing something on one page (for example, a very subtle shadow on the facade of one of the houses) that makes me turn back to every illustration that came before to see if there is something similar, and what else I missed! I have the sense that not only does every detail matter, but every detail is also an opportunity for kids to make meaning.
It's especially satisfying to go back and forth between pairs of page spreads in this book offering first an exterior view of a house and then Joe's perception of the interior through the window, because each of the interior through-the-window scenes has details in the surreal elements that are alluded to visually in the exterior image. It's those kind of things that are particulary fun to look for. Talking about what they mean and what they say about how Joe is feeling is where the book would be a rich experience either one:one or with a group.
Megan
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:08:22 -0500
I agree with KT's comparison of "What If...?" to Anthony Browne's changes. Both deal with anxiety and both reveals a character's state of mind through the surrealistic images. And although the book is stylistically very different than "Little Roja Riding Hood," like that book it is one that offers more and more to notice the longer one looks at the illustrations. In fact, I find myself noticing something on one page (for example, a very subtle shadow on the facade of one of the houses) that makes me turn back to every illustration that came before to see if there is something similar, and what else I missed! I have the sense that not only does every detail matter, but every detail is also an opportunity for kids to make meaning.
It's especially satisfying to go back and forth between pairs of page spreads in this book offering first an exterior view of a house and then Joe's perception of the interior through the window, because each of the interior through-the-window scenes has details in the surreal elements that are alluded to visually in the exterior image. It's those kind of things that are particulary fun to look for. Talking about what they mean and what they say about how Joe is feeling is where the book would be a rich experience either one:one or with a group.
Megan
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