Support students to notice the ways in which the Fan brother use a variety of colors and how they play with the size of objects in novel ways. Encourage students to adopt some of the Fan brothers illustration techniques by incorporating a mix of single-page and double-page spreads in their own bookmaking. What do your students notice about the relationship between the text and the illustrations? Many of the illustrations are double-page spreads which invite readers to linger across a whole scene. Invite your students to do a close reading of the illustrations, describing what they see, what it makes them think, and what it makes them wonder.
Ocean Meets Sky is one of those wonderful picture books in which the more you look, the more you see. Teaching Ideas: Invitations for Your ClassroomsĬlose Reading: Illustrations. As in their debut picture book collaboration, The Night Gardener, this latest work is sure to inspire storytellers and story seekers in every classroom. The illustrations, graphite and digitally colored, invite close reading and a myriad of questions for young readers. This gentle approach to the loss of family members pays tribute to the ways our imaginations can honor our loved ones. When Finn sees his grandfather’s face in the moon he has so many questions for him, but hears the voice of his mother calling to him. When he reaches his destination, readers are greeted by three double-page wordless spreads that inspire the inner adventure seeker in all of us. Along the way he encounters Library Islands full of enormous books, an island of giant shells, and a dazzling sea of moon jellies dancing. He is guided by a great golden fish who shows him the way to where the ocean meets the sky. The storyline then becomes reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are as Finn wakes to realize the boat is rocking gently beneath him. Inspired by the stories of his late grandfather, Finn builds a boat and then takes a short nap below decks. “Finn lived by the sea, and the sea lived by him.” In their second picture book collaboration as authors and illustrators, brothers Terry and Eric Fan have crafted another highly inventive tale that explores the adventurous spirit of a young boy in search of a magical place where the ocean meets the sky. Published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Written and Illustrated by Terry and Eric Fan
0 kommentar(er)
