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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

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?

🤨 Missed opportunity, Eric!

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

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

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!

O! How I dreamt of things impossible

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.

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.