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  • The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Picture Book Analysis

    The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Picture Book Analysis

    The Tunnel is a picture book written and illustrated by British author/illustrator Anthony Browne. The Tunnel was first published in 1989. SETTING OF THE TUNNEL In the 1980s it was far more common for kids to be sent out of the house because their mothers were sick of them (and it was almost always the […]

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    March 9, 2021
  • Voices In The Park by Anthony Browne Analysis

    Voices In The Park by Anthony Browne Analysis

    Have you ever wanted to go back and redo old work? A Walk In The Park is one of Anthony Browne’s earliest picture books — his second published after Through The Magic Mirror. Twenty years later (in 1998), Browne decided to redo this book in Postmodern style. Now it is called Voices In The Park.

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    January 9, 2021
  • Zoo by Anthony Browne (1992) Analysis

    Zoo by Anthony Browne (1992) Analysis

    Zoo is a postmodern picture book written and illustrated by Anthony Browne, first published in 1992.

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    April 8, 2020
  • Intertextuality of Into The Forest by Anthony Browne

    Intertextuality of Into The Forest by Anthony Browne

    Into The Forest by Anthony Browne is story book, part ‘toy book’. Young readers learn to look at pictures and search for intertextuality, as each illustration links to a well-known fairy tale. This makes the book popular for classroom use, along with the Shrek films and modern stories with fairy tales as ur-texts.

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    June 17, 2016
  • Gorilla by Anthony Browne Picture Book Analysis

    Gorilla by Anthony Browne Picture Book Analysis

    Gorilla is the book that made Anthony Browne’s name as a creator of postmodern picture books. It was awarded the Kurt Maschler Award (1982-1999), which specifically rewarded British picture books demonstrating excellent integration between words and pictures. WHAT HAPPENS IN GORILLA? A girl called Hannah — about 6 or 7 years old — feels that…

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    March 4, 2015
  • The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Analysis

    The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Analysis

    “The Red Shoes” (1845) is a — let’s face it — horrific literary fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875), built on a tradition of stories in which a female character is punished (by her ostentatious, sexually charged shoes) for her social deviation.

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    April 21, 2023
  • Melancholia Film Study

    Melancholia Film Study

    Melancholia is a 2011 film by Lars Von Triers. It’s one of those stories which has variable metaphorical resonance depending on who watches it. The Wizard of Oz and The Little Prince are also like this.

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    July 12, 2022
  • The Shopping Mall As Fictional Setting

    The Shopping Mall As Fictional Setting

    Shopping malls play a big part in many people’s lives. Naturally, malls make it into fiction, sometimes prominently. How are storytellers making use of malls as setting?

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    May 5, 2022
  • Veronica by Roger Duvoisin

    Veronica by Roger Duvoisin

    Veronica is a 1961 picture book by Swiss-American author and illustrator Roger Duvoisin. Some of the illustrations are full colour, others in black marker pen.

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    April 28, 2022
  • Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey Novel Study

    Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey Novel Study

    Bad Guys is a bestselling Australian early reader by Australian author and illustrator Aaron Blabey. The Bad Guys series is frequently recommended for kids who enjoy Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Treehouse series, stories by David Walliams, Ahn Do Weirdo, the Real Pigeons series, Minecraft Zombie books and other children’s books parents can find at Kmart and Target.

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    April 8, 2022
  • Checkered Floors and Backgrounds In Art And Illustration

    Checkered Floors and Backgrounds In Art And Illustration

    Header painting: Interior of Monaco Anita Catarina Malfatti (1889 -1964) São Paulo, Brazil

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    November 4, 2021
  • Crocodiles and Alligators in Art and Storytelling

    Crocodiles and Alligators in Art and Storytelling

    Sometimes they’re friendly, sometimes foe

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    September 21, 2021
  • The Cosy Little World In Illustration

    The Cosy Little World In Illustration

    Artists have various ways of deliberately distorting naturalistic perspective to achieve a certain mood, for example, a cosy little world.

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    July 5, 2021
  • Washing Work and Washing Lines in Illustration

    Washing Work and Washing Lines in Illustration

    We’re inclined to forget now that washing was (and in places still is) a huge part of women’s lives. Without electric washing machines, washing occupies at least one seventh of a woman’s week. It’s heavy, arduous, Sisyphean work.

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    March 31, 2021
  • Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng Analysis

    Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng Analysis

    Over The Shop is a wordless picturebook by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Qin Leng, published 2021. Here’s something we all owe to the trans community: By pushing the conventional and arbitrary rules of gender, all of us are more free to be who we are. This picturebook is a celebration of these hardwon freedoms.

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    March 7, 2021
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