Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "the-knight-and-the-dragon"

All of these were fun and interesting to read. As I prepare for a course I'm teaching (Creating Picture Books), I'm taking a look at different text and illustration styles.

Goose
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Molly Bang

During a storm a goose egg is blown down a groundhog hole where it hatches leaving the gosling thinking it is a groundhog. As it grows up, it realizes it is different and lonely with unexpected results.
The illustrations are lovely. In many places the story is told through the pictures with minimal text.

Little Beauty
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Anthony Browne

A gorilla has learned to use sign language and can get many things. Except the gorilla is all alone and wants a friend.
Little Beauty is a kitten and becomes the gorilla's friend. They have lots of fun, but one incident alarms the keepers as the gorilla is so much bigger and stronger.
The illustrations stretch the imagination about the gorilla. The kitten is very cute.

The Knight and the Dragon
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tomie dePaola

Knights and dragons are supposed to fight. Or are they? This little knight thinks so and reads up on how to fight a dragon. The dragon thinks so and reads up on how to fight a knight.
Then comes the fight. The ending is different. The book is humorous which is enhanced by the illustrations.