Dear Rappers,
We found lots of differences in the two books we chose.
"Daddy's Having a Horse"
Illustrations
* realistic drawings in water-colour with soft black out lining.
*illustrations take up most of the page & are detailed
*Emma has added horses in many of the scenes in the book till Lachlan realizes
Daddy is not having a horse.
Text
*uses a lot of direct speech between the characters
*uses more complicated words in the sentences
Characters
* interact, share and are more complicated
* no pets
Annie's Chair
Illustrations
the drawings are simple, 70's, trendy-colours are very bright and no shadows and little
shading .
Text
* not much direct speech and Annie says all of it, except one sentence
*simple vocebulary and sentences used
Characters
* Annie is fully focassed on, who is self-centred, but normal for her age group
* Benny, her pet dog, is very important in the story
* There's a moral in this story, that Annie has learnt to share, with Benny's help
The similarity that stood out for us was that both illustrators at the point of a big
problem in the book show the main characters reaction very close up so they
almost take up the whole page or are the only character on the page.
Bye from Rapperoos,
Glenhaven PS
