Classwork

1/17/12 Definition of picturebooks Sutherland & Heearne Nodelman Schwarcz & Schwarcz Marantz Kiefer and Sipe Stewig Sugarbuch?

Books Uncle Geg's Barbershop The Greatest Skating Race

Terminology Book Reflection - Researchers - Larry Sips (Series of Studies)/ Children's Reading, **discourse analysis** Read books extra for presentation or devising a study/IRB, designing a study - proposal An analyses of picture books

2/7/12/McNay and VTS technique Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne (1998) 1. What do you see? What is going on in the picture? 2. What makes you say this? 3. What else can you find to support your observations? Cover page - Flower shrub/softer When the children are together, the background in bright First Voice - richness in texture and brightness; shift in colour because of the sun Grimness about the place Page 2 - A princess, blurger, the "shoes" Two motif, Victoria is scared, caterpillar pattern of the rows of trees (changes) Page three - Man walking an alligator; arms are crossed; shadow under the bench looks like a giraffe; mismatch of shadows Page 3 - The trees are making faces; watchful eye in the shadow; Norwegian painter (Scream painter) Page 4 - The tree is blowing and she is screaming; She is coming out of the frame Page 5 - Shrubs in the back; looks like a cave painting Page 6 - The tree is on fire; trees look like hats; cloud is a hat; motif is hat (dominant); the building are different than the other buildings Page 7 - Arms are human; humane; nor beastly; two drops; font is not sophisticated; a painter? Page 8 - Dark; broken heart; fenced; dramatic change in next page; urban scene; depressing; gloomy Page 9 - Park is magical/Mary Poppins; nuclear reactor; dog's tail; pot of gold (end of a rainbow) Page 10 - Elephant; ghost like; excitement and joy; foot like trunk Page 11 - The statue is pointing; trees are sticking out of his head; images of her screaming (motif) Page 12 - King kong; hearts on the buildings; happiness; flower light; sidewalk is different; the trash is gone Page 13 - Sad and empty; cross hatching; washed out; relationship of moon and son is gloomy (domineering presence/hat) Page 14 - Groups of three; Hats all over; inside of the lamp is sky; symbolizes that he is being trapped; Page 15 - Contrast of lights; castle; clouds signal the moods of the characters; One flower blooming Page 16 - Reflection/screaming; a broken air plane Page 17 - Hats; Dogs do not recognize the boundaries; traditional optical illusion; Tails are switched Page 18 - The girl is happy, but the boy is scared; No frame (freedom) Page 19 - Bird signifies freedom Page 20 - Cupid; walking and the trees are bending down Page 21 - Colours and bright and vibrant Page 22 - Free sprit; fuming Page 23 Page 24 - Shadow is darker Page 25 - Whale's tale! Trident Page 26 - Bandstand; happy Page 27 - Light (friendship) Page 28 - Sad; shift from flowers to hat; most; The kid is sad Page 29 - The inside of the flower looks like the top of the band stand

Dr.Martinez - Visual strategy. Extreme demand with picture books. "A Walk in the Park"/Anthony Browne (1986) Similar theme and motifs. The artists has matured Lot more telling than the above book Voices in the park/symbolic Use of shadow Tarzan swinging

Diamond Jim Dandy/ Sarah Burell/Author visit Process of book creation Articles about process on blackboard Authors are interviewed Children's literature Assembly/2 articles on blackboard NCTE Conference/Join NCTE Get Dr. Martinez's signature

No David, No (picture book) Kalpana (pictures only) and Elizabeth David is a difficult boy. He colours all over the walls He tries to reach the cookie jar in the kitchen He dirties the floor after rolling in the slush He lats the bathtub overflow; he runs naked in the streets He makes lots of noise with pota nd pans He plays with his food; he makes a mess He tries to amuse himself even afetr he is sent to his room (time-out) He picks his nose He watches too much TV He plays baseball in the house; he breaks a pot ans he is sent out again He realizes The mom is pleased with him in the end

Dr. Martinez/2/14/12 The process of writing a picture book. "My journey in getting published" Diamond Jim Dandy was the hardest book to publish. Distinguished between grocery store book and library book. "The Gaint Jam Sandwich" Started to go to the library. Fall - Bok fair with agents. Talk about goofy stuff. Start small; write for the newlsetter, express news. She stayed with the children's picture book and it took her 30 years. Magazine contests. Cover letter announcements. Her daughter is an editor for Hoeften Mufflin. "Apple Brudel", "Discovering Iran". Although the books were not great, I put them on the cover letter and doors opened. Rejection letters should not discourage you! Perseverance. Write and rewrite until it is accepted. The reviews are good, so they published it the second time. Get your hopes up, but you may have to pursue. Sell the manuscript without the illustrations. She illustrates as well. She wants to illustrate. She is totally self taught. Libreral Arts with a minor in English. She works for insurance, but she loves to read and write. Verbs must be interesting and consistence. Writing a manuscript and looking at it can teach a lot. Strip words as necessary. Children can wander off, so she likes them short. "Children's Writer" (newsletter). Society of children's books writers and book writers - conferences, publishing companies without an agent. Pay an editor to read your work and critique it as well. Internet sites and writers groups in town. Pencil drawings of sketches... She lied getting what was wrong so she could fix them. Initially, she was discouraged. "In paper". An illustrator had done western colours. She does not like primary colours. Last page - babies with the rattle). Manuscript format. Editors send you their suggestions and she takes it to Starbucks. She likes revisions and loves words for cohesive writing. "Actual photos on line.." Dr.M - who makes the decisions about the pages? Some from the author and some from the illustrator. Puts space to signal a page break. Reach an agreement. She does not write back to the rejected editors. If she can think of something, she will send them. Always did for books and no magazines. I am not one of those authors who gets up in the morning and writes. When I get an idea, I do not stop writing. I was thinking about writing. Once she gets an idea, I keep doing it. Audio books? She is old school. It takes a whole year to accept the manuscript. Do not want multiple submissions. Waiting is long. No training, but a talent that she has. She thinks there is some friction between the editorial department and the art dept. Do not burn any bridges; you want to be easy to work with. She cannot shift publishers. She has an idea about the rattles. How do they know the books will sell. Marketing is their expertise. In my effort to sell the books, she sent postcards and offered to read the books. When she was writing, she was not able to sell. "Young Adult" (movie). Signed books cannot go back to the publisher. Postcards. She loves Olivia. "Fancy Nancy". Celebrity books. She buys books when she browses through book store. "Elizabeth and Larry" "... One Smart Chicken".
 * Sarah Burell** (children's book author)

Dr. M How pictures and text work together in 60 books - study with Dr. ? Picture text relationships, "Rosie's Walk". "Dear Mrs. LaRue" Not too much text.

2/21/12/Rosemary/Dr.M's student "What was I thinking?" Taught pre-K/graphic designer Who's is my audience? Think about temperament of the class before you choose apiece book Choose books with different kinds of families - traditional family with no problems Genre - fiction and non-fiction, or folklore Folktales were too wordy and were for oder kids Purpose in writing this book was to develop phonological awareness and pre-reading behaviours To tell folktale age appropriately Texual attributes - musicality, alliteration, repetition, fewer words It has an effect on the affective domain Tap on children's desire for repetition Choose books that call for drama Word count-161 words no conrtactions "Paletes" If the pictures are not good, I don't buy it... Font - children friendly; frame; German painting; Orientation; 8 by 10/easy for the publisher; She lived in the village in Germany (Weinsberg) Based on folktale or based on a true story Women who rescued their men Researched Beeler - Phonemic awareness in young children... Get an agent Author's note is important because it is based on a legend

Dr. Martinez "Two Bad Ants"- We move on study pace "The Mysterious Tadpole" by Kellog/the layout of the pictures "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" by Layout of pics can accomplish different ends "The Kitchen Knight" - "Alice the Fairy" by Shannon/No frame Frames/Jan Brett - Frames in every picture and use them in different ways in telling the story "...on Christmas Eve?"/ Trolls and characters and apolar bear. Uses borders to reveal the story Nodelman discusses the elements in a pic book such as the shape of the land in "Bringing the Rain in the Kapiti Plain"

Group Activity "Jitter Bug Jam" - Too crowded with text and pictures; Nonsense; no flow; No cohesion; PB must be cohesive and why is it called GBJ? End papers with bugs; not part of the story

Look for features with elements using a rubric - "Diary of a Wombat" by Jackie French

Size and shape - Appropriate

"Leonardo the Terrible" - Text/lateral effect Mobieus and positionality/ Left or right hand side of the page/lower hay of the page and upper half of the page bottom position Upper half of the page (last page) Lori Prior/Character Development through Illustrations


 * Dr. Martinez**
 * Think about a study that relates to the colours, paralinguistic features, and semiotic codes etc in diverse children**
 * The fox/sly; owl/intelligent; cow/holy...**


 * "Loft a literary balloon"/be prepared to perform (eds and Peterson's article)**


 * Choose character rich books and draw on our own knowledge/potential of eliciting different insights**

3/6/12 "Same, same, but Different" by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
 * The zoom-in device/** **Selection - size, symbols, position, value of the book**
 * Fascinating topic and finding the subjects is challenging!**

What historical or cultural conventions are evident in the illustrations? This picture book is an authentic portrayal of the Indian culture. The illustrator has lived in rural parts of India and has tranferred the cultural conventions through images and symbolism very effectively. The illustrations are real and authentic to that society. I noticed, how the illustrator has beautifully introduced traditional, spiritual/religious, cultural, connections through illustrations. The illustrator draws on the cultural conventions and brings out the ethos as represented in India. The following table shows the different conventions as depicted in the "Same, Same but Different" book.
 * Traditional/cultural || Religious/Spritual || Nature || Customs and Beliefs || Clothes || Monuments/Landmarks ||
 * Lateral relationships with joint family arrangement || Saraswati - goddess of learning and fine arts || Lotus || Rangoli -prototype of Mandala || Saree ||
 * Costumes - saree and chudidhar etc || Krishna - one of the 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu (Hindu trinity) || Peacock || Cow is holy because it is refered to as "kamadenu", the one who gives everything you ask || Kurta Pyjama or Chudidhar (women) ||
 * Bindi or dot on the forehead || Ganesha - the remover of obstacles || River || Custom to name the businesses after gods and goddesses || Panche/doti (men) ||
 * Flowers on the door frame/threshold/entryway to the house || the OM sign || Bengal Tiger || Deepavali or festival of lights || Turban (men) ||