A Dark, Dark Tale

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I know we are not supposed to be envious of other's but gee whiz, I sometimes just cannot help it when I see such wonderful writing and such beautiful artwork and wish I COULD CREATE like that! For very young children the repetition and the telling of the tale with very few words really works, and older children can enjoy this story as well.

The house in the story looks like it could be haunted, complete with cobwebs, black cats and all, so there are a lot of activities that could go along with this theme around that time of year. It might be a nice story to read to a Year 1 class around Halloween time because of its dark eerie theme. I think this goes to show that no matter how dark a place is, there will always be some place with a little light. But, it made the cat seem less adorable to me, and when I got to the end, I found myself thinking well what was the point of that, even though I saw the point.Children will delight in following the black cat's progress through the dark wood, into the dark house, and eventually to the surprise discovery at the back of the toy cupboard, in this mysterious, beautifully illustrated picture book. Es gibt einem das Gefühl von Abenteuerlust die Bilder zu durchforsten und darin die Tiere zu suchen und (Allerleis) zu entdecken. I feel like this book would bring a sense of curiosity to young readers because they would want to find out for themselves what lies in that house. On every page, a black cat can be found by the careful reader, and that is a great way to involve a child in the book, and as I've mentioned in previous posts, illustrations that promote scanning are great for children who need visual input.

The drawing of the mansion made it look like a castle, and through the drawings you could tell that this mansion was abandoned. Actually, you notice how a lot of these people don’t have profile pictures, and have accounts that are either incredibly recent, or if they aren’t they aren’t used all that much? The curtain as well as the cupboard that has all of the toys, holds the most color compared to any of the other illustrations in the picture book.What if he is thinking about what you might taste like with ketchup as he wades through the gloopy swamp? From the very first page the reader is pulled in to this suspenseful story, slowly following the narrator on to each page.

The illustrations are very nice and detailed yet pretty dark but they add a lot of suspense to this book.

The detailed illustrations throughout the book only contribute to the telling of the story and the emphasis of darkness and spookiness, and they are beautiful in and of themselves.

You notice how some people seem to get incredibly insulted when you don’t like a book that they absolutely adore, and then proceed to attack you, and your review, on those grounds. This story uses repetition from beginning to end with the words “dark, dark,” which are used on every page to describe each new setting and piece of the journey. ainsi que l'aspect en gigogne de l'album (on entre dans une forêt, puis dans un château, puis dans le hall du château. For some reason, I seem to remember Ruth Brown as writing some other books I enjoyed as a child, I'll have to look her up and see if I can't get some more from the library! The dark, muted colors used in the cover illustration are the perfect way to set the musty, eerie tone that is carried very well throughout the book.I wouldn’t consider it to be a particularly indepth book either, something that I feel is probably more entertaining than anything else. nuostabi pasaka - be galo paprasta, baugi, graži, šiek tiek komiška, o posūkis pabaigoje tiesiog genialus. This repetition is a nice touch because it gives the book a sort of rhythm which, when read aloud, helps build suspense and emphasize the spookiness of the story.