Journal entry two

It is really happy to share my idea with you. I am glad that I can show you my contury's picture book

I have so happy that I can found it on Youtube. It take too many memeries of my childhood.

I remembered when I was young. I saw a lot of pictures in China. At that time, the Chinese writers had a lot of good designs in their books. I really miss my childhood. So I decided to find if there are any children’s books still selling in China. I checked on the internet. Then I found a famous children’s book named “Calabash Brothers”. This books indicates a story between seven brothers which born from the calabash and a snake woman. The calabash brothers are the protagonists. They stand for justice. The seven brothers love each other and have very good teamwork. I really like them for several reasons.

 Firstly, they are so cute. They wear simple clothes but full of Chinese characteristics. 

 

Secondly, the writer gives them different talents, for example, the oldest one can control fire, the youngest one can control ice. The setting for the talents make the story more interesting. When I was a child, I really like that setting.

 Finally, the conflicts are really gripping. It makes children wonder what will happen next. The conflicts are significant guarantee that children will continuous reading this book. Therefore, this book was really attractive. Furthermore, I feel the brothers are very brave and intelligent. When I first saw this book, I imagine I can be one of them. The antagonist is the snake women. She is important in this book too. All the conflicts are start with her. The genre for this book is fantastic fiction. It creates a magic world. A lot of magic creatures in it and all the animals can talk. I have to say, the illustrations at that time is not good as now. But the writer made a lot of interesting roles and elements into this story.

First Journal Entry (Journal entry one)

I high recommond you see the video before my blog.

It is a really good weekend. I went to a mall with my family. After several hours walking, I feel tired and I find a chair to have a rest. Then I see a little boy is reading a book beside me. That book look so familiar to me. I talked to him and found he was reading “Good Night Moon”.I have a very strong impression for this book when my teacher Rick introduced it. Then I borrowed this book from this little boy and read it. Even though this book is for the younger reader but the illustrations and comment in this book attracted me. I couldn’t even move my eyes from this book. The scenes are so beautiful. Everything goes back to its original place. Furthermore, everything in this book has a life. It makes me feel so peaceful. When I scan the illustrations, I strongly feel that my heart is trying to close its “eyes” too. I really like this kind of book, it can help the people escape from the noise. I try to introduce it to my sister. At the beginning, she seems not interested in this book. But after read a few pages, she becomes quiet and love this book. She told me it’s really unbelievable that a picture book is so good. I have no idea what is about children literature before I learned this course and these books. But now I realized children literature is like an initiation for the children. It not only teaches the children a lot, but also it purifies the heart.