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Dallas Cheyenne Clark

Childrens Lit- RED
In his Student Interest Survey, Jim said that he doesnt not enjoy reading any type of
book, but he is interested in Folk/Fairy Tales, Fantasy/Magical Stories, Graphic Novels/Anime
and that his favorite movie is beauty and the beast and show is Grimm. Obviously Jim is
interested in fairy tales, but if he is watching the show Grimm, then it is likely he likes fairy tales
that have a bit of a twist or a different view for them. That is why I chose Snoring Beauty,
Chickerella, Ghostyshocks, Princess Hyacinth, The Princess and the Packet of Frozen
Peas,and The Wolfs Story. He also mentioned that he liked to spend time with his family,
which helped me choose, The Girl Who Spun Gold, Stone Soup, The Fisherman and the
Turtle, and Once a Mouse, thinking that perhaps he could read these with his family and gain
a better understanding of the lessons presented. I believe that these are books Jim may take an
interest to and develop a love of reading through.
Book
The Wolfs Story:
What Really
Happened to Little
Red Riding Hood

Information
Author: Toby
Forward
Illustrator: Izhar
Cohen
Published: 2005
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 2.7

The Girl Who Spun

Gold

Author: Virginia
Hamilton
Illustrators: Leo &
Diane Dillon
Published: 2000
Genre: Traditional

Summary
The wolf tells us how
the whole story of
little red riding hood
is just one big
misunderstanding.
He never hurt
grandma, in fact he
was always trying to
help her, but Red got
it mixed up.
A young girl marries
the king under the
guise that she can
weave gold. When
faced with the task a
tiny magical man

Evaluation
Characters and
language fit with the
original story and it
is clear that it is
adapted from the
story Little Red
Riding Hood.

Language is
appropriate to the
setting, illustrations
add to the story.
Story and
illustrations are cited

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Literature
Reading Level: 3.3

Ghostyshocks and the

3 Scares

Author: Laurence
Anholt
Illustrator: Arthur
Robins
Published: 2004
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.1

Chickerella

Author: Mary Jane

Auch
Illustrators: Mary
Jane & Herm Auch
Published: 2005
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.9

Once a Mouse

Author: Marcia
Brown
Illustrator: Marcia
Brown
Published: 1961

approaches and helps

her, but unless she
can guess his name
with 3 chances for 3
nights then he will
make her tiny and
take her away.
Goldyshocks is afraid
of everything,
especially the bears
that moved into the
scary forest near her
village. She finds
herself lost in the
forest one day and
stumbles across their
home, when the bears
find her they are
terrified. She
becomes friends with
the bear family.
This is the story of
Cinderella as a
chicken. Instead of
leaving an article of
clothing, Chickerella
lays a glass egg at the
ball. Instead of
falling in love,
Chickerella, the
prince, and the fairy
goosemother open a
fashion line.

along with the

adaptations in the
back of the book.

A mouse is saved by
a magical hermit,
who turns him into
many things, finally a
tiger. As a tiger, once

The language and

illustrations are
wonderful with the
setting of this story.
Adaptations are cited

Language and
illustrations are
appropriate to the
setting of the book,
though there is no
color. The author
does provide a link
for his sources in
writing this
adaptation of
Goldilocks.

Language is natural,
illustrations are
actually puppets
(made by Mary Jane)
andphoto shopped
into the scenery by
Herm Auch. Not the
best book ever
written, but funny.

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Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.2

Stone Soup

Author: Marcia
Brown
Illustrator: Marcia
Brown
Published:
1947/1975
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.3

Snoring Beauty

Author: Bruce Hale

Illustrator: Howard
Fine
Published: 2008
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.2

Princess Hyacinth:
the Surprising Tale of
a Girl Who Floated

Author: Florence
Parry Heide
Illustrator: Lane
Smith
Published: 2009
Genre: Modern
Fantasy
Reading Level: 3.4

The Princess and the

Packet of Frozen Peas

Author: Tony
Wilson

a mouse, he is cruel
and hateful. The
magical hermit
returns him into his
mouse form to be
humble again.
Three soldiers are
hungry and tired on
their way home from
war and ask for help
from greedy
villagers. They then
trick the villagers
into sharing their
food by making
stone soup.
In this version of
sleeping beauty, the
princess is turned
into a sleeping,
snoring, dragon. The
king promises her
hand in marriage to
whomever can wake
her up, and stop the
snoring.
Princess Hyacinth
floats unless she is
weighted down by
something, so she
can never go outside
and play with the
other kids. One day
she floats away and
is caught by a kite,
now she and her
friend go out every
day and she floats
until she is ready to
come down and
grabs onto the kite.
Prince Henrik wants
to fall in love with

at the back of the

book.

This story has simple

language and
illustrations to
convey the simple
message, sharing is
caring. Adaptations
are cited at the back
of the book.

Language and
illustrations
compliment the
setting/theme of the
book and the
characters are easily
recognized, no
adaptations cited.

This book is not set

at a specific time, but
it follows a logical
plot with wellrounded characters.
They develop
throughout the story,
and it has a
supernatural event.

This story uses a

modern twist on an

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The Fisherman and

the Turtle

Illustrator: Sue
deGennaro
Published: 2009
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.6

someone who likes

the same things as he
does, playing sports
and going camping.
He doesnt want a
sensitive princess
who can feel a pea
under 20 mattresses
and quilts, so he tests
all the girls who
come to visit, and
finds his unreal
princess.

old fairy tale. The

plot flows very well
and the characters
are well rounded.

Author: Eric a
Kimmel
Illustrator: Martha
Aviles
Published: 2008
Genre: Traditional
Literature
Reading Level: 3.0

The man finds a

turtle who is actually
a god and grants him
a wish for letting him
go. The man wishes
for 4 fish, which
outrages his wife,
who sends him back
to make new wishes
whenever she
becomes unhappy,
eventually at her own
expense.

The language and

illustrations flow
well with this tale.
The author includes
the sources he
adapted the story
from at the end of the
book.

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Reflection
After having seen everyones presentations over their Literacy Life Maps, I realized that
we have a lot in common when it comes to literature. While there are thousands of books, our
culture, schools, and parents influenced the books that we read as children. Many of the books
were either on multiple presentations, or people remarked that they had read those books as well.
It is amazing to me that a book I loved, a classmate of mine hated. Many people were really
focused on the worksheets that came along with school reading, while it didnt really phase me.
Possibly in part because I would read the books in one or two days and then go back and answer
the questions either from memory, or by skimming the chapters, so that I could get on to the next
book.
I was also surprised by the amount of books that I did not remember having read, until I
saw them on other peoples presentations. I used books as a way to escape, in one world one day,
and a brand new one the next. A lot of my books sort of just ran together, I could not tell you
half, or even twenty-five percent of the books that I have read in my life-time. I sometimes find
myself halfway through a book before I realize that I have read it before, but the best things
about books are they are always there when you need them.
When it came to our presentations, everyone seemed really stressed out trying to get it
right which is hilarious because there were so many great ideas. As college students it is easy
for the majority of us to forget that there can be more than 1 correct answer. While most people
did stick to opinion related projects, the ones who ended up covering content were so well
executed. I am so excited to know that there are at least 20 teachers at Tarleton to help guide my
not-so-creative mind, and lend ideas. I am so thankful to have experienced the community in our
classroom, and among readers and teachers everywhere.