Carolina Perez Cibez
By Stan and Jan Barestain
Random House Childrens Books
Old Hat New Hat is the story of a young bear which is surprised by a new hat displayed on the window of a shop. Stan and Jan Barestain planned the whole book together and created the pictures. Their love for children allows them to write exciting as well as educational tales. They have a unique way of telling the stories they write that leave young kids eager to go on reading, learning and playing.
The different types of hats helps the young bear to decide which one to take, but also helps him to find something that he would really like. He looks and looks and tries on every single hat that there is in the store. He manages to put the shop upside down and puts the entire staff of the shop to work really hard to please him. All of this to learn the old hat he had on when he walked in is just perfect! This is a very important message for our students not always the best things for us is new.
The writers´ experience doing children´s literature is translated on the elements they use. The most recognisable one is rhyming, this makes the story much more exciting for children. This way is easier to remember the meaning and pronunciation of the adjectives used along the tale.
Children will ask their parents and teachers to read the book again and again and the best part is that you´ll never get tired to do it. The perfect combination of bright colours and a lovable main character makes another successful story for Stan and Jan´s collection.
Caro, first of all thanks for your comments on my review.
ReplyDeleteRegarding technique, I don't know what exactly you mean. If you refer to language, I think that neither my text nor yours contain too technical words. If you refer to style, I would separate a story written for children from a review, which is written for adults (not only parents). Taking into account that children's literature is thought and written by adults who leave their marks on the stories they construct, reviews can precisely uncover those marks. So, I think that there is no need to lighten either language or style. And of course, when we write a review (or any kind of text) we also create an intended reader and we also leave our marks. Therefore, I don't think that sounding technical is a problema in this case.
Please, tell me whether I misunderstood you. But this is a very interesting topic, so we could go on discussing about it. What do you think?
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Seems to be a nice and funny story for little kids, isn´t it? Do you recommend it for primary school? I would like to read it!!!!
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