My 3 Favorite Storybooks: Storybook Favorites
After looking through the storybooks for both the Mythology and Epics classes, I have picked out three stories that stood out to me for various reasons.
Battle For Lanka
https://sites.google.com/view/battle-for-lanka/intro?authuser=0
This topic is for the most part unfamiliar to me. I once took a course called World Religions, and we got into some of the stories of Hinduism. That was several years ago however, so though some of the names sound familiar I don't have any concrete knowledge on any of the characters mentioned. The title does a very good job of summarizing what the storybook portrays. I thought this introduction did the best job of capturing the reader's interest. The author writes in an effortless manner and I thought it was a beautiful piece of writing; I do not say that very often. That is what ultimately caught my interest. The end of the introduction left me longing for more of the story. The design seemed simple to me but easy to navigate. I think I would probably like to make a similar design for my storybook. The pictures were all placed near the bottom, so the stories remained smooth all the way through with no breaks.
Visions of Francis
https://sites.google.com/view/francisstorybook/introduction?authuser=0
The topic for this story was more familiar to me than the Battle For Lanka. I grew up and remain to this day Catholic, so I have heard of Saint Francis and I knew that he was very connected to nature but that was about the extent of my knowledge of this topic. I think this was a great title for this storybook; it encapsulates exactly what the author is speaking on. I really liked the introduction because in a way it seemed very realistic. If I were to imagine a saintly encounter in my head, I think it would look something like the description by the author in the introduction. I was impressed with the diction used; it definitely got the point across that this was a majestic and otherworldly experience. The design for this story was different from the Battle For Lanka, though still equally as appealing. The author chose to place the images off to the side of the story, leaving them visible while reading though with plenty of room to not take away from writing. This is the other way I think I may design my storybook. Or perhaps I could do a combination of the two.
King Arthur Stories
https://sites.google.com/view/king-arthur-stories/introduction?authuser=0
The topic for this storybook was familiar to me, but I do not have a vast amount of knowledge about King Arthur. I think I know about King Arthur just about as much as the average person; when I think about King Arthur I mostly think of the portrayal in Monty Python, so one could argue I know less than the average person about the topic. In any case, King Arthur is relatively familiar to me. The title for the storybook is simple but it is exactly what it needs to be. I don't think it needed to be any fancier than what it is, and it gets the point across. I chose this storybook because it was distinct from the others that I previously had read. While the others jumped right into their stories in one way or another, this one broke the third wall and described what the storybook was ultimately about. It then went on to give quick summaries of the different stories that the storybook would eventually be detailing. I liked the design of this storybook. It was easy to navigate; in fact it was very similar to the design from Battle For Lanka.
Battle For Lanka
https://sites.google.com/view/battle-for-lanka/intro?authuser=0
This topic is for the most part unfamiliar to me. I once took a course called World Religions, and we got into some of the stories of Hinduism. That was several years ago however, so though some of the names sound familiar I don't have any concrete knowledge on any of the characters mentioned. The title does a very good job of summarizing what the storybook portrays. I thought this introduction did the best job of capturing the reader's interest. The author writes in an effortless manner and I thought it was a beautiful piece of writing; I do not say that very often. That is what ultimately caught my interest. The end of the introduction left me longing for more of the story. The design seemed simple to me but easy to navigate. I think I would probably like to make a similar design for my storybook. The pictures were all placed near the bottom, so the stories remained smooth all the way through with no breaks.
Visions of Francis
https://sites.google.com/view/francisstorybook/introduction?authuser=0
The topic for this story was more familiar to me than the Battle For Lanka. I grew up and remain to this day Catholic, so I have heard of Saint Francis and I knew that he was very connected to nature but that was about the extent of my knowledge of this topic. I think this was a great title for this storybook; it encapsulates exactly what the author is speaking on. I really liked the introduction because in a way it seemed very realistic. If I were to imagine a saintly encounter in my head, I think it would look something like the description by the author in the introduction. I was impressed with the diction used; it definitely got the point across that this was a majestic and otherworldly experience. The design for this story was different from the Battle For Lanka, though still equally as appealing. The author chose to place the images off to the side of the story, leaving them visible while reading though with plenty of room to not take away from writing. This is the other way I think I may design my storybook. Or perhaps I could do a combination of the two.
King Arthur Stories
https://sites.google.com/view/king-arthur-stories/introduction?authuser=0
The topic for this storybook was familiar to me, but I do not have a vast amount of knowledge about King Arthur. I think I know about King Arthur just about as much as the average person; when I think about King Arthur I mostly think of the portrayal in Monty Python, so one could argue I know less than the average person about the topic. In any case, King Arthur is relatively familiar to me. The title for the storybook is simple but it is exactly what it needs to be. I don't think it needed to be any fancier than what it is, and it gets the point across. I chose this storybook because it was distinct from the others that I previously had read. While the others jumped right into their stories in one way or another, this one broke the third wall and described what the storybook was ultimately about. It then went on to give quick summaries of the different stories that the storybook would eventually be detailing. I liked the design of this storybook. It was easy to navigate; in fact it was very similar to the design from Battle For Lanka.
This image captures King Arthur's death. It was created by artist John Garrick.
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