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You can’t fly. You’re a TOY!

You can’t fly. You’re a TOY!.

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You can’t fly. You’re a TOY!

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  1. You can’t fly. You’re a TOY!

  2. The QuestionPeople always say to my“What do you think you’d like to beWhen you grow up?”And I say “Why, I think I’d like to be the skyOr be a plane or train or mouseOr maybe be a haunted houseOr something furry, rough and wild...Or maybe I will staya child.”Karla Kuskin

  3. Modern fantasy refers to the body of literature in which the events, the settings, or the characters are outside the realm of possibility. A fantasy is a story that cannot happen in the real world.

  4. Types of Fantasy • Animal - animals talk and have other human characteristics, Charlotte’s Web, White • Toys and Objects - Toys that talk and have other human characteristics, Winnie the Pooh, A.A.Milne • Extraordinary Worlds, reality but taken to the ridiculous or exaggerated, Alice In Wonderland, Carroll

  5. World of Little People, miniature people are threatened by “real” humans, Gullivar’s Travels, Swift. Or in the movie, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids • Supernatural Events, most common in children’s books is the ghost story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving • Tricks with Time/science fiction, usually a present-day protagonist goes back in time to a different era, A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle________

  6. Values of Fantasychildren…. • develop imagination • become divergent thinkers • take a vacation from everyday life • are entertained are inspired!

  7. The author’s main job is to make the reader “suspend” reality for a while and “believe” the “unbelievable”.

  8. to do that, the author must... • firmly ground the story on reality, • pay careful attention to detail, • use appropriate language and real objects.

  9. Many authors will…. • write in the first person, and • have one character mirror the disbelief of the reader. • or have a major character “believe” the fantasy.

  10. Discussion Read or watch the video of the Polar Express. Van Allsburg uses many of the techniques describe to make this fantasy believable. Can you identify them? How do his illustrations help make the book more believable? Many parents today, feel that telling their children about Santa Claus is lying to them and will ultimately lead to distrust. What do you feel about this?

  11. The primary concern in evaluating fantasy is the way the author makes the fantasy believable.

  12. One of the best known and best respected pieces of children’s literature is Charlotte’s Web, by E.B.White.

  13. Differences between fantasy and realistic fiction

  14. People to know...

  15. continued….

  16. Milestones in Modern Fantasy 1726 Gulliver’s Travels, Swift 1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth, Verne 1865 Alices’ Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum 1908 Wind in the Willows, Grahame 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne 1937 The Hobbit, Tolkien 1945 Pippi Longstocking, Lindgren 1950 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lewis 1952 Charlotte’ Web, White 1962 A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle

  17. The Mirror of the Mind “Come with me, readers,” said the creator, “together we will explore unknown worlds, unusual creatures, and fanciful objects. Come with me readers, I will be at your side.”

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