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Burke Childrens Literature 12 September 2013 Picture Book LSW The Day Jimmys Boa Ate the Wash By: Trinka Hakes Noble, Illustrations By: Steven Kellogg 1. When looking at the illustrations more closely the reader can see that the main girl lives in an apartment instead of a house and only her mother is shown and she is wearing what could be cleaning clothes. Could this book have been written for a specific class of children? If so, was it because in todays society it is common for a child to grow up with just a mother so it makes the book more relatable to children? 2. On each page there are many different things happening in the illustrations. Are the illustrations so busy because there arent many words? Would the book still be easy to follow if it didnt have as many things happening in one picture? 3. What do you think the word to illustration ratio should be in any childrens book? Would things such as age, class, and gender of the reader affect the ratio? If so, how? 4. The mother of the main girl does not chastise or punish her in any way for misbehaving on the class trip to the farm. Does this give children the wrong idea that they can do bad things and get away with it as long as it makes a funny story? What could the author have done differently to make the mother seem more parental? 5. At the end of the book Jimmy, the girl, and the pig end up in a soap box car racing through a park. What could the author have done in the end to tie the last scene in with the rest of the story better?