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Whereas Volume I of this series investigates the overall structure
of children's picture storybooks at the macro level, this volume,
Volume II, investigates the very building blocks of picture
storybooks at the micro level: the word, the sentence, the scene
and the story. We look at the importance of word choice for giving
the story meaning and cohesion. We look at ways to change sentence
structure to emphasize the information that is important, and to
ensure that sentences flow easily from one to another. We look at
the scene: how to begin it, how to end it, and how to create the
Beats of action-reaction that make up the scene. And finally we
look at the story: what types of problems must a character solve?
When does a story introduce a problem? And once a problem is
intro-duced, how do picture storybooks move from problem to
solution? What types of solutions do characters find? Is there any
part of a story that occurs after the solution is found? To answer
these and other questions is to describe storytelling strategies.
We look at enduringly popular children's picture storybooks to see
what storytelling strategies they employ.
Many of us think of children's picture books as being written
mostly with simple declarative sentences. What an eye-opener to
learn that they are actually filled with delightful figures of
speech. I am not talking here about the common figures of speech we
learn about in grade school: simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration,
hyperbole and personification. I am talking about more subtle and
sophisticated figures of speech which we may not even recognize as
figures at all (until they are pointed out to us), but their use
gives stories a charm and freshness that stands up to repeated
readings. These figures have names which are eminently forgettable
but the figures them-selves make the stories in which they appear
eminently memorable. In this volume, I point out many figures which
appear in masterworks of children's picture storybooks, so that
they may be appreciated and savored, and their patterns emu-lated
in your own work.
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