E-book Review
"When Janice began to watch them, I could tell she was listening and understanding everything that the narrators were saying. She has a more positive reaction to 50 Below Zero because of the animation in the book. The narrator changed his voice many times which expressed surprise and anticipation for what was going to happen next."
Janice is my 11 year old sister. After I did my e-book reviews, I had her listen to two that were my favorite; IT, It's Time by Mary Ann Fraser, and 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch. For those of you who are not fimilar with these e-books, they are called Tumble books and can be found at the Lee County Library website (www.lee-county.com/library). You have to click on the link "programs", "fun kid links" and then I believe the Tumble Book shows up in the upper left hand corner. You cannot miss him! He is a blue book that has hands and feet and is doing cart wheels!
Writing this assignment on my experience with a younger child was interesting. There were two surpises. The first surprise were her reactions to the books. I thought she would enjoy It, It's Time more than the second book. When I read over it, it was very creative and contained more in depth pictures. She said that the book I liked was "boring, expect when the mouse fell in the garbage can". "Okay" I thought. But now I definitely understand why she enjoyed the 50 Below Zero book better. It is all about the animation! Go figure. I should have known. I cannot really put into words how the animations are used because it is so original and creative. For one of the pages, the father is snoring and the soap falls into the bathtub! Repeating throughout the story, the boy wakes up and yells at his dad to "WAAAAKEEEE UUPP!" The story is crazy! Janice had began to read along with it just because it was so catchy.
The second surprise was when I asked Janice what she thought the main difference was between regular books and the e-books she listened too. Her immediate respone, without hesitation, was "they are more alive". Needless to say, this activity definitely taught me that young kids think a lot and tell you how it is. I also learned that e-books are a good way of sharing new information. When I asked Janice what she learned, she said "Time and not to sleep walk". All in all, to my surprise, I enjoyed viewing the e-books. My e-book review discusses the reactions of myself and my sister after viewing the e-books. As a teacher, I think that e-books are a good form of technology to integrate into the classroom, especially pre-k and elementary levels.
Janice is my 11 year old sister. After I did my e-book reviews, I had her listen to two that were my favorite; IT, It's Time by Mary Ann Fraser, and 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch. For those of you who are not fimilar with these e-books, they are called Tumble books and can be found at the Lee County Library website (www.lee-county.com/library). You have to click on the link "programs", "fun kid links" and then I believe the Tumble Book shows up in the upper left hand corner. You cannot miss him! He is a blue book that has hands and feet and is doing cart wheels!
Writing this assignment on my experience with a younger child was interesting. There were two surpises. The first surprise were her reactions to the books. I thought she would enjoy It, It's Time more than the second book. When I read over it, it was very creative and contained more in depth pictures. She said that the book I liked was "boring, expect when the mouse fell in the garbage can". "Okay" I thought. But now I definitely understand why she enjoyed the 50 Below Zero book better. It is all about the animation! Go figure. I should have known. I cannot really put into words how the animations are used because it is so original and creative. For one of the pages, the father is snoring and the soap falls into the bathtub! Repeating throughout the story, the boy wakes up and yells at his dad to "WAAAAKEEEE UUPP!" The story is crazy! Janice had began to read along with it just because it was so catchy.
The second surprise was when I asked Janice what she thought the main difference was between regular books and the e-books she listened too. Her immediate respone, without hesitation, was "they are more alive". Needless to say, this activity definitely taught me that young kids think a lot and tell you how it is. I also learned that e-books are a good way of sharing new information. When I asked Janice what she learned, she said "Time and not to sleep walk". All in all, to my surprise, I enjoyed viewing the e-books. My e-book review discusses the reactions of myself and my sister after viewing the e-books. As a teacher, I think that e-books are a good form of technology to integrate into the classroom, especially pre-k and elementary levels.
posted by Julie V at 3/23/2006 11:14:00 AM
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