Week One: Storybook Favorites

I loved reading these various stories! Choosing just three was difficult but after reading several, I chose three that were very different from one another.

The first project I looked at was "The Trickster of OU." As a tour guide and a member of PE-ET on campus, I know a lot about the history of the University of Oklahoma. The title immediately stuck out to me as something I already know a little bit about and I wanted to see how accurate the stories were. The introduction did a wonderful job of catching my attention but reigning it all in at the end. I want to read the stories within the book, which makes me believe that the introduction did it's job. As for design, it is nice that is in a clean blog format. This puts the emphasis on the stories and not on the design. I loved the images. They were interesting and relevant to the stories.

Secondly, I read "The Mermaid Diaries: Tales of the Sea." I remember when I was a little girl, all I wanted to be when I grew up was a mermaid. So, the name automatically stuck out to me when reading through the list. This book was great! I loved the illustrations. They gave life to the stories and didn't deter their message, rather helped aid the storytelling. As for the introduction, I thought it introduced the storybook in a very different way. The book is comprised of the diaries of four different mermaids that were found in a book on the beach. I wanted to keep reading after the introduction so it definitely served it's purpose.

Lastly, I read "Mean Girls Morals." This book was hilarious and clever all at the same time. I am a big Means Girls fan, so seeing this on the list really caught my attention. The design is similar to the design of the movie. I think the images, colors, and catchy titles for the stories really add to the book's effectiveness. When reading the introduction, I wanted to read more about how Aesop's Fables could be translated into modern times as lessons taught by the group in the movie called "The Plastics." I was intrigued to read more into the witty text and funny references.