Comparing and Contrasting Children's Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does each book appeal to a reader?

Love that Dog would appeal students in grades 2^nd-4^th and would be a great book for teachers to use when introducing poetry.  Wonderstruck would appeal students in grade 4^th and up. Due to its size, it might be a bit intimidating for younger readers and it might also be a bit confusing with the two stories going on almost at once.

How would you sell these books?

I would sell “Love that Dog” to 1^st-4^th grade students by showing them how the boy started off not liking poetry and then ended up growing as a writer. I would also invite to write some poetry of their own so they could bring back to me or their teachers and it can be displayed just like it was in the book.

Grades 4^th and up would be my target customers for “Wonderstruck”. I would tell them it is pretty much two books in one. One story being Ben’s which is told in words and the other story being Rose’s which is told using the illustrations. As the stories progress they intertwine and start to become one.

List three other books by these authors. Are they similar or different?

Brian Selznick                                                                                    Sharon Creech
- The Invention of                                                                            - Walk Two Moons
Hugo Cabret                                                                                       - The Boy on the Porch
- The Houdini Box                                                                            - The Great Unexpected
- The Robot King                                                                               - Hate that Cat

Brian Selznick’s books follow a similar theme of children setting out to solve some sort of mystery. Selznick also has a particular type of illustration that whenever you see one of them you immediately know it’s a Selznick book.

Sharon Creech’s books are very different from each other. “Hate that Cat” is similar to “Love that Dog” only because it is a sequel. The rest of the books are very different compared to “Hate that Cat”. They have children as main characters but are based on more grown up themes such as the absence of parents.