Storybook Brainstorming on Styles

Topic I have decided to use stories from Aesop's fables my Storybook after I loved writing my story this week! I found the story to be really easy and natural to write and I loved that I felt like the point came across really well! I would take three different stories from Aesop's fables and use the morals to create stories with children characters and situations that would apply to them! I liked the idea of using my stories to help teach kids morals that are really seen in children's stories today.
The stories I have researched and decided to most likely include are:
         The Eagle and the Jackdaw
         The Sheep and the Pig

The sheep and the pig illustration

because I loved their morals and saw them fitting in with a human story well.
I also plan to use sites, such as Wikipedia, to help me understand the morals in order to write the best possible retelling.
Bibliography
The Sheep and the Pig, from Aesop for Children illustrated by Milo Winter (1919).
The Eagle and the Jackdaw, from Aesop for Children illustrated by Milo Winter (1919).

Storytelling styles
I like the idea of making my storybook sort of like a Winnie the Pooh book for children, but with an Aesop moral in each story! I definitely want to aim my stories towards children with children characters!
I think a third person storytelling method would work really well because it would be like a mom or dad telling a child a story. This is my favorite and I think it is the most logical selection for my story since it is the most common point of view for Children's books.

A first person storytelling method could also be really cool because it would be like the child learning the moral in real time and you would be able to see that! I hadn't thought about doing that until this post but it could be really cool to use a kid's thoughts during my stories!

I think I would like to create characters, maybe even the ones I used from this week's storytelling post, and connect each story in a frametale style! I think that this would be the coolest way to do it.

But it also might be hard to make the morals of each story work for the characteristics of a single set of characters. I could also do more of a anthology and use different characters each story. I could even keep the characters all in the same elementary school so that the connection makes more sense! Or I could use completely different characters and settings, much like Aesop does.

Extra Reading Diary: Eskimo Folk Tales

Reading diary for the first half of Eskimo Folk Tales!

The Coming of Men, A Long, Long, While Ago
I liked that this story was in the oral storytelling style and also the beginning of Earth was super interesting that it just fell from the sky and it was made. There was also a similarity to the idea of Adam and Eve because in this story the people were also covered in leaves. I really like how vague this story was and how it really sounds like something your grandparents would tell you about the "olden days." The story took a unexpected turn when it tells us that there was no sun and water could burn in the old days. It was cool that the Eskimo people believed that they chose for death to happen in exchange for the sun moon and stars.

Nukunguasik, who Escaped from the Tupilak
This story had a lot of terminology that I had to look up because they were things that were obviously things that were specific to the Eskimo culture. I liked that Nukunguasik basically got away with killing the middle brother but that didn't feel that bad because the brother was trying to kill him.

The Woman who had a Bear as a Foster-Son
This story reminded me of the story of hulk because the bear had no one to play with because he was too strong. This story was very sad though but I liked that the foster mother did what right for the village even though she had to give up her bear.

Qalaganguase, Who Passed to the Land of the Ghosts
I liked the style of this story and it seemed to have more of a moral than the other stories, that the boy did not listen to the warning and he did not receive his strength back. It had sort of an odd ending though.

Inuit Family Source: Wikipedia

Isigaligarssik

I liked that this story the man won over the wizard but it was very confusing and hard to read. 

Atungait

I really liked learning about the ball games, that was really cool!

The Giant Dog

This story was kind of sad, but I really liked how it ended!

Reading Diary B: Aesop for Children (Winter)

My notes for the second half of Aesop for Children by Milo Winter!

The Mule
I liked the realness of this story and that it touched on being sure of who your family is and where you come from before you brag about it.

The Wolf and the Shepard
The moral of this story, Once a wolf, always a wolf, is very realistic and kind of hard to swallow. We always want to believe that people can change and that bad people can be good. But sometimes it is just a bad person trying to trick you and you have to be weary of that. I also really enjoyed the illustration.

The Wolf and the Shepard

The Fox and the Crab

This story just really reminded me of the warning, the grass is never greener on the other side. 

The Bull and the Goat

I liked that this story reminded me of don't kick someone when they're down. But I liked that this implied that it is not only wrong but that it is wicked. 

The Quack Toad

I had to read this story twice because the moral seemed a little off for the story. When you read the moral by itself it seems that you should mend yourself first to be in the best shape to be able to mend others. But when you read the story it is more that no one would what to be cured by a doctor who has warts all over the place because why wouldn't he have mended himself already? 

The Cat and the Old Rat

This made me think of "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." It is very wise to always remember those that have tricked you. I sort of believe in forgiveness, but not necessarily forgetting what happened. 

Jupiter and the Monkey

I liked that Roman mythology was referenced; I love when other culture's mythology is referenced! This story truly showed how large a mother's love is and how often it can blind you to the most obvious things.

The Wolves and the Sheep

Always remember who your friends are and do not be tempted by shiny new things. 

Storytelling Week 3: Kindergarten Shenanigans

You are judged by the company you keep.

Moral of "The Farmer and the Stork" from Aesop's Fables

Reading Diary A: Aesop for Children (Winter)

This is my reading diary A for the Unit Aesop for Children (Winter).

The Tortoise and the Ducks
I liked this story's moral: Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune. It was an interesting story on how the tortoise could not resist telling the crow that he was indeed the king of the tortoises even when the ducks had warned him not to speak.
The Eagle and the Jackdaw
I liked the ending of this story and the idea you shouldn't do something just because you saw that someone else was able. I also like the picture in this story, it helped me visualize the story.

Source: Mythology and Folklore UN-Textbook

The Oxen and the Wheels

I like that this story personified a inanimate object, as well at the animal. I also liked the moral: They who complain most suffer least. 

The Farmer and the Stork

This was my favorite story! I loved the moral: you are judged by the company you keep. I think that is so incredible relatable to times today and it is often lost in todays modern time. We too often think we are only judged on who we are as a person, but most often we are judged on who is around us. 

The Boys and the Frogs

The moral of this story, Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another's unhappiness, hit home to me. I liked that the moral pointed out that our actions affect other and making someone unhappy is more important than you having fun. 

The Lion, The Bear, and The Fox

This story was cool and I liked that it taught to work together but also that the ones who work the hardest do not always receive the spoils of their work. 

The Wolf and the Lean Dog

Take what you can get when you can get it; I like that moral and find it to line up with a realist point of view, rather than an optimist who would always think something better is coming.

The Dogs and the Hides

This story was enjoyable to read and I could easily figure out the moral to the story.