Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Magpie Magic. A Tale of Colorful Mischief By: April Wilson

By far, this is one of my favorite books! There are no words, just pictures! The illustrations are so rich that you can understand and interpret what the author's message is without text. The book is about a child who starts using his colored pencils and he draws a crow. The crow comes to life! Then he draws cherries for the crow to eat. The crow watches... and starts his own mischief...

As the story goes on the crow understands how to draw different objects himself. The bird draws a fire that comes to life. The child decides to draw a cage for the bird so that the bird cannot draw anything else that will get them in trouble. The bird is very clever and finds his way out...but I don't want to give the whole story away so that YOU can find out what happens for yourself and come to your own conclusions of what you think happened. This picture books leaves you smiling at the end.

This book would be great for any elementary aged student. I think some kids would be able to personally connect with this story because the crow gets into trouble and sometimes kids like to see what they can get away with. This book would allow for a great group discussion because students would be able to make their own interpretions of what happened and share with their peers what they experienced when reading this story.This book just goes to show that people can say things in different ways and use multiple sign symbols without using actual text.

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