Story Book Favorites

The first storybook I read was The Mermaid Diaries. This story was very interesting because it is from the perspective of mermaids writing to their diary. This format was very intriguing because you get to read their thoughts. The introduction talked about a girl named Ella finding a beautiful diary across the beach and taking it home to read. This does a great job in letting the reader know what the Storybook is about. The first story about the Mermaid, Melody, kind of reminded me of the movie Aqua-man, which I liked a lot. It had a little suspense and overall a bittersweet ending. I've always loved stories about mermaids finding a human mate, and having to battle between wanting to stay on land and wanting to live in the water.


In Nursery Rhymes: Connecting the Dots, common nursery rhymes are turned into different short stories. In the introduction, the author does a great job of providing a short summary of what each story/nursery rhyme is about. I thought the stories were extremely creative because the author combines three nursery rhymes into one story! Each story has a background photo of the nursery rhymes and also has the original words at the bottom of each story. I enjoyed reading the stories she created, as well as the format of the stories and the pictures she used. For my project, I would like to use this type of format because it was very clean looking and engaging.


Probably my favorite, Applying to College: Greek Mythology was the most creative idea to tell a story! This author told the story of Greek Gods by using a college application essay based on a certain prompt. Unfortunately, I have not learned much about Greek Mythology so learning more through these college essays was very interesting. We have all had to write a college application essay, and reading one from Apollo, Artemis, and Atlas was great.


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Image Information: Photo from Applying to College: Greek Mythology. 

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