A: Feathers and FoolsB: Mem Fox
C: Nicholas Wilton
D: Harcourt Brace & Company
E: Picture Book, Animal Fiction, Fable
F: 2-3
This was a story about two different types of birds and how they were afraid of each. They allow themselves to become afraid of each other because of the differences that they saw. In the end these fears ended up killing the birds. They started to make weapons because they were afraid and it ended up destroying all of them. After the peacocks and the swans had died from a battle there was a peacock born and also a swan. When they walked into each other they were very curious about each other and discovered that the only difference that they had was the color of their feathers, they both had two eyes, feathers, two legs, and a head. they became friends and went off in peace and they were not afraid.
I loved the meaning behind this book, there was an excellent message that everyone can appreciate and should take to heart. The lesson of equality and not being judgmental. The illustrations were breath taking and could not have had anymore expression just within themselves. The pictures added so much to the story, just the way that the were done and were more than just paintings, they were very symbolic. Even if a child could not fully understand what was going on in the illustrations, since they are a bit abstract, the text would explain everything easily so that one could understand. The medium that is used for this extraordinary picture book is acrylic on illustration board. It is always amazing to me to see how people can make such beautiful works of art, I know that it must be very difficult, something I could never do but wish that I could. The illustrations in this book are one page type, although both pages are illustrated. The right page is always the main painting but on the left there is always just a little extra, more details added if you will. I love how Wilton did this with the pages that are on the left, I think it just shows how much work he put into doing this book and in my opinion it makes it seem like he really enjoyed this book since he did do those little extras on the left hand page. I think children and art lovers alike would be able to appreciate this picture book!
This was a story about two different types of birds and how they were afraid of each. They allow themselves to become afraid of each other because of the differences that they saw. In the end these fears ended up killing the birds. They started to make weapons because they were afraid and it ended up destroying all of them. After the peacocks and the swans had died from a battle there was a peacock born and also a swan. When they walked into each other they were very curious about each other and discovered that the only difference that they had was the color of their feathers, they both had two eyes, feathers, two legs, and a head. they became friends and went off in peace and they were not afraid.
I loved the meaning behind this book, there was an excellent message that everyone can appreciate and should take to heart. The lesson of equality and not being judgmental. The illustrations were breath taking and could not have had anymore expression just within themselves. The pictures added so much to the story, just the way that the were done and were more than just paintings, they were very symbolic. Even if a child could not fully understand what was going on in the illustrations, since they are a bit abstract, the text would explain everything easily so that one could understand. The medium that is used for this extraordinary picture book is acrylic on illustration board. It is always amazing to me to see how people can make such beautiful works of art, I know that it must be very difficult, something I could never do but wish that I could. The illustrations in this book are one page type, although both pages are illustrated. The right page is always the main painting but on the left there is always just a little extra, more details added if you will. I love how Wilton did this with the pages that are on the left, I think it just shows how much work he put into doing this book and in my opinion it makes it seem like he really enjoyed this book since he did do those little extras on the left hand page. I think children and art lovers alike would be able to appreciate this picture book!
I would suggest to any teacher that the reading and showing of this story would be an excellent idea. It could be used at any time especially when talking about inequalities. It teaches a good lesson and is a fresh spin on an old principal, this is the kind of story that is timeless. With the children you could get them to talk about why the peacocks and the swans were afraid of each other, and then talk about if it is fair or not and what could be done to make this problem not happen in the future. I believe that it is important for children to understand how prejudice is something that is wrong and something that no one wants to experience.
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