Sunday, January 23, 2011

Story review Edwina the Emu

Emu is a type of Australian bird which cannot fly an interesting creature to be introduced to children. A story by Sheena Knowles really grabs my attention as this story is very interesting to read. A story of which has an interesting animal in an interesting life of an emu can be related to our life, how interesting that can be.

            Let me tell about the story first. This story is about Edwina and Edward, they were both Emus and they were both live happy together. Edwina later laid ten eggs and she off to search for work living Edward guarding their eggs.  She tries three different types of work but it does not seem to fit her and later she get back to her nest and the best work for her is to be the mother of their little emus.

            The story have a funny illustration and very colourful. I am strongly agreed that this story is very suitable for children even i was interested in reading it. The story also has a fun or happy ending and this type of ending is the type of making children happy. Other than that this story is related to our human life and it brings the value of having a happy family.  Although this story is not very realistic, but the massage in it is relevant to our daily life as a human being.  

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Favourite childhood story of mine

Childhood is one of the best moments of a person to have the most fun and enjoyable time in life. I really miss my childhood and i wish that i can go back to the past and enjoy it again. My childhood life really reminds me of happiness and it makes me remember of children stories that i red. My favourite childhood story is Lazy Jack written by Joseph Jacobs.
1.     The reason/s you choose the story
For real, I choose this story because it is funny. This story have the elements of humour and suspend, both of these element make this story more interesting to read. I read this story when i was in standard 6 and really pull my attention. When i read this story for the first time, i feel the suspend element in it and i wanted to read it till the end. The title makes me read this story, it is because i wanted to know who lazy jack is and what makes him being called lazy jack, this curiosity makes me read this story.
2.    What element(s) in the story that make you think that the story is interesting.
As i told before, this story has an interesting story line as it has the element of suspend. As the story evolve the element of suspend makes me continue to read it. Can you imagine a story without suspend element, i bet you that story will makes you feel bored. This element will makes the reader think on what will happen next as the title itself also have the suspend element that when you read the title you wanted to know what will happen to a lazy person.
3. The portrayal of characters in the story
                From the title we know that the main character of this funny story is the one and only Lazy Jack. His mother is the character that makes the story flow as she is the one that makes lazy Jack to work. Let me introduce the character:
Lazy Jack: Jack is a lazy person as he just sits around the house doing nothing, and his mother tells him he'd better go and get a job or else he will never get his porridge and he must go out to get his living as he could.
Jack’s Mother : An old woman who got her living by spinning, and she is a strict person as she force jack to to earn something for the living.
4.       The plot of the story
                The plot of this story is simple but yet it is interesting to read. It starts with the introduction of Jack’s family condition and the introduction of Lazy Jack. As the story evolves we can see that this story is about the determination of one lazy guy to earn something for the living. The ending is the biggest surprise that we can get from the story as the story has a very happy ending. Who can expect that a lazy person cans end up with a wealthy life. Interesting isn’t it.
5.       The suitability of the story as children story
                Sincerely i can tell that this book is very suitable for children as i am also a child in the past. With all the interesting element, it can be the best children story of all time. This story is very subjectif for children is because children have high level of curiosity to learn and to know something and with the suspend element this story is the one that children should read.

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