Storybook Post
After reading a few of the storybooks from previous students, a few stuck out to me in regard to design, content, and style of writing.
1. The Royal Girls' Room
Initially, this site caught my eye because of the bright background color as well as the clever title. "The Girls' Room" was a popular skit on one of my favorite shows as a child, so I was delighted to see someone use it for a class project. The content of the stories is also very interesting: the talking commode matched the original skit on the show, but she incorporated her Indian stories simultaneously. This television skit was modeled after all of the "gossip" that goes around in a teenage girls' bathroom, and the royal Indian wives seem to have the same gossip amongst their own lives with their husbands.
The introduction of this online storybook is told by the Kamadeva, the God of Love, and the author does an excellent job of making this text sound authentic from the character. Initially, I clicked on this particular storybook because I enjoy love stories myself, but I also began to like the content for many different reasons. The style of writing (especially in the introduction) shows that this student had a great understanding of these particular stories and their characters. In the stories, the lovers always ended together, so the positive nature was very enjoyable.
1. The Royal Girls' Room
Initially, this site caught my eye because of the bright background color as well as the clever title. "The Girls' Room" was a popular skit on one of my favorite shows as a child, so I was delighted to see someone use it for a class project. The content of the stories is also very interesting: the talking commode matched the original skit on the show, but she incorporated her Indian stories simultaneously. This television skit was modeled after all of the "gossip" that goes around in a teenage girls' bathroom, and the royal Indian wives seem to have the same gossip amongst their own lives with their husbands.
This image is from the original TV skit, The Girls' Room on The Amanda Show
2. For the Love of Kamadeva
The introduction of this online storybook is told by the Kamadeva, the God of Love, and the author does an excellent job of making this text sound authentic from the character. Initially, I clicked on this particular storybook because I enjoy love stories myself, but I also began to like the content for many different reasons. The style of writing (especially in the introduction) shows that this student had a great understanding of these particular stories and their characters. In the stories, the lovers always ended together, so the positive nature was very enjoyable.
Radha and Krishna were the final lovers in this storybook
3. Wives' Tales
An image of King Dasaratha and his three wives explained in the storybook
After reading the title of this student's storybook, I was intrigued because my grandmother has told me "old wives tales" when I was little. The content of these stories begins when the author goes "back in time" and compares ancient marriages to the types of marriages in modern society. Because they are so different, the stories were interesting to me even before I read the first one. She states that she visited with the kings and their wives and was sent various places, so her inside view of the characters made it seem real. I also loved the purple background; the color went well with the images as well as remind the readers of the royal characters and their wealth.
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