Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

so-so

Strange that I love some of the books Carle illustrates and feel quite 'meh' about others. Though the loved v. 🤷🏼‍♂️ books have some things in common:
Love: white background, vibrant images
Meh: vague patterned backgrounds competing with muddy foreground images
Love: simple narratives, especially if there's an element of interaction/tangibility in the books setup
Meh: collections of others' words on a theme used as prompts for illustrations

Robotswithpersonality This book was a collection of poems by others, most of which were bordering on the dumb kind of silly about mythological creatures, or not particularly good, and then there were a few poems about figures from religions/cultural spiritualities which feels kind of weird to end up in a book with the word 'creature' in the title. 😬 2y

Robotswithpersonality Plus side: The Chinese Dragon fold out is gorgeous. 2y

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Robotswithpersonality

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

THAT'S better! I'm noticing marine-focused images in Carle's picture books tend to be more vibrant, maybe he works better with a blue/green background?

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Robotswithpersonality

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

🤨 Missed opportunity, Eric!

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ShardaeP

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

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This book of poem discusses mythological creatures found in different cultures. Examples are the Chinese dragon, the Egyptian sphinx, and the Hindu Ganesha. The poems and artwork informs readers about the creatures. Such as, what they look like, what they are known for, and sometimes their origin. This is a good pick for a read aloud, because students can listen to how a poem is read. Before proceeding to writing their own poems. #ucflae3414sp20

ShardaeP ESOL: Incorporate the culture and language of second language learners in your curriculum (this book includes many cultures, students from other countries can possibly identify some of these creatures)
UDL: 5.1 use multiple media for communication (A read loud done on YouTube has subtitles. This can be helpful for students who are hearing impaired). https://youtu.be/hpRbPL1QVfo
5y

amandar I love the ESOL strategy you picked for this book! I think this book can work well as both mirrors and windows for students to see their culture represented and learning about others! It can help ELs feel more comfortable when it‘s a topic that they know about. 5y

DrSpalding This is a lovely anthology! Closed captioning on YouTube videos is very helpful for hearing impaired students as you noted. 5y

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Niaaelizz

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

“Dragon, dragon, what do you breathe? Fire and blood, destruction I leave.”

Niaaelizz

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

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Poetry. This poetry book is about creatures that are fiction. The illustrations are very bright and vivid on each page which really adds an element to the book for children. This book is a collection of poems from different authors. Great way to introduce children to mythical creatures!

jjbowenkunkler

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

O! How I dreamt of things impossible

jjbowenkunkler

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

The first that really pops out to the reader would be the color on each page. Almost all of the colors are beautiful and bright. The dragon poems were the best to read.

jjbowenkunkler

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were | Eric Carle

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Poetry and was written with poems as early as 1907 to 1991. This book is about poems of creatures that never existed like dragons and centaurs. These are nice and short and great to read. This book has poems from other books that have written like anansi the spider and okolo the leopard warrior.

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