Storybook Favorites
1. Stories of an Elephant-headed God
At first glance, I like the way the blog is set up. It is very clean with its clearly depicted protagonist on the front page set against a black and white patterned background. I was surprised that this storybook was written with poetry rather than prose. I enjoyed the rhyme scheme, but was deterred by the mismatched rhythm of the poems: both stanza to stanza and poem to poem. However, I have to admit that I'm impressed the author converted every one of Ganesha's stories to poems. The images used throughout this storybook are helpful in following this story. I enjoyed how you used different sized fonts in one of your stories to emphasize and exaggerate a point.
2. Every Lover a Soldier: Tales of Epic Love
I really like the title of this storybook. It is intriguing and captured my attention. I'm not too crazy about the bright purple, cursive font used for the stories. I think it is a little bit distracting. I like the premise of this story. The author does a fantastic job setting the scene for the discussion of the women. I also like how it's an unusual setting that really draws you into the fantasy of the stories. I like that each paragraph is separate. With the bright font, it would have been too much for the paragraphs to have been stacked on top of each other. I like that the author explains the name at the bottom of the blog and references the quote which inspired it. Ultimately, I think this is a very well done blog and storybook.
3. The Ravana Diaries
The blog's theme is dark and foreboding. It makes me think that the storybook is full of dark and haunting themes. After delving a little deeper into this storybook, it is a very accurate theme. I think that telling the story through diary entries is a creative way to tame the story of Ravana. It gives him another dimension of feelings and personality.
At first glance, I like the way the blog is set up. It is very clean with its clearly depicted protagonist on the front page set against a black and white patterned background. I was surprised that this storybook was written with poetry rather than prose. I enjoyed the rhyme scheme, but was deterred by the mismatched rhythm of the poems: both stanza to stanza and poem to poem. However, I have to admit that I'm impressed the author converted every one of Ganesha's stories to poems. The images used throughout this storybook are helpful in following this story. I enjoyed how you used different sized fonts in one of your stories to emphasize and exaggerate a point.
2. Every Lover a Soldier: Tales of Epic Love
I really like the title of this storybook. It is intriguing and captured my attention. I'm not too crazy about the bright purple, cursive font used for the stories. I think it is a little bit distracting. I like the premise of this story. The author does a fantastic job setting the scene for the discussion of the women. I also like how it's an unusual setting that really draws you into the fantasy of the stories. I like that each paragraph is separate. With the bright font, it would have been too much for the paragraphs to have been stacked on top of each other. I like that the author explains the name at the bottom of the blog and references the quote which inspired it. Ultimately, I think this is a very well done blog and storybook.
3. The Ravana Diaries
The blog's theme is dark and foreboding. It makes me think that the storybook is full of dark and haunting themes. After delving a little deeper into this storybook, it is a very accurate theme. I think that telling the story through diary entries is a creative way to tame the story of Ravana. It gives him another dimension of feelings and personality.
Ravana's Tapestry. From The Ravana Diaries.
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