Picture books are from all cuts of genres. They are intended for everyone. In picture books the reader has the privilege of experiencing the creativity of the two individuals, the author and illustrator. They are designed to be effective and attractive. Its clear you have to pick a book that will capture your students attention. This is where the chapter caught my attention. When it goes into making sure how you present the book to your classroom, and doing a book walk first. Then going into the colors, texts, even the types of texts, and especially the moods and emotions the picture book gives off. I didn't even know that people payed attention to those details when they picked out books to read to their classrooms. I also found it interesting how now the teachers are sharing the contents on the verso-page with the student. Who knew all that information would be interesting to the students. Apparently it is if they talk about it in this chapter. I just never realized how much information there was within picture books. Now I'm looking forward to going into Fiction and Non-Fiction.
For my author profile: Picture books I choose.
Bright Stanley by Matt BuckinghamBright Stanley is about the brightest fish if the deep dark sea. He wakes up late one day for school, and is surprised not to see a single fish. He goes on an underwater adventure to look for his pals. Its a humorous story with great illustrations. It is a texture book, because Stanley is illustrated to where you want to touch his scales.
By Paul BrightIllustrated by Matt Buckingham Picture book ages 4-7Published by Little Tiger Press Pa Lion thinks he’s the best at everything, but each time he thinks of something, he sees another animal who does it better. As the other animals try to control their giggles, Pa Lion gets more and more cross because...... NOBODY LAUGHS AT A LION!
Little Owl wants to find somewhere new to sleep. But from Frog's splashy, splashy pond to Hedgehog's sniffly, snuffly nest, nothing is quite right... Follow little owls adventure as he searches the woodland trying to find a new comfy nest, but in the end he learns that there is really no place quite like home, with a soft and sparkly finish on every spread and a fantastic pop-up finale.Board book ages 1-5Published by Caterpillar Books
After Matt Buckingham completing his degree at Loughborough and his MA in Illustration (Authorial Practice) at Falmouth, Matt Buckingham moved to London to establish his career as an author and illustrator. He now lives in the Staffordshire countryside with his wife, son and their two naughty dogs.He enjoys working in inks and watercolour and has created some charming characters in pre-school novelty books such as Peek-a-Boo Penguins and Bright Stanley (a picture book which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award in 2007). He has also illustrated poetry books and historical non-fiction.Matt has worked for a wide variety of clients including the BBC and MENCAP; he is excellent at solving creative problems for challenging and sensitive subject matter
It is interesting that now teachers and doing book walks and reading the dust covers to students because when I was in elementary school my teachers didn't do that with us. I think that now teachers are trying to show students at an early age all the steps and people that go into making a book.
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