What is your first opinion of the book?
From the moment I watched the video version of 'An Awesome Book' I fell in love with it straight away. The book seemed so easy to connect with even though its aimed at younger children. The idea of having dreams with no limit no matter what age you are was so relevant to our society, a society where the focus is on material objects just as the book points out. Instead of dreaming of creative inventive creations that have no end, you dream of new phones or cars. This really moved me as its something that has crossed my mind, there are people in our society who have hardly any sense of creativity or imagination because thats been drilled out of them. Often people who work in jobs they hate do lose this sense of endless dreaming as there not really being stimulated creatively and instead focus of things of no value. To present such an interesting topic in a children's book was amazing, the idea of dreams became so clear and it really made me reflect on the values of today. The illustrations also added to it as they were so creative and out of the box they were inspiring. They made me think about how closed your mind can become and how when I sit down to draw, my mind draws a blank. This book really did inspire me and made me so excited to continue with this project.
Why has it been selected for our 'Little People's day' audience?
As it is a childrens book it seems appropriate to preform for a younger audience. It also feels like a book with a lot of emotional depth although its written for childern. I think the message of the book, that theres no limit to your dreams, is a particulally important message to show to kids. At such a young age they can be influenced easily, maybe the message of endless dreams and not letting society take that away from you will stick with the forever. I know that after reading that book, I have definatly taken something from it that was influenced the way in which I look at things. The book its self is also something that posses a lot of wackey characters, the story seems as if it has a lot of potential for a childrens theatre show as in the illistrations alone in the book theres a lot of vibrate colours and interesting characters. The story of the book as fits with physicalisation quite well, making it a great choice for a childrens theatre show.
References -
http://gweb-awesomebook.appspot.com/index.html
Why has it been selected for our 'Little People's day' audience?
As it is a childrens book it seems appropriate to preform for a younger audience. It also feels like a book with a lot of emotional depth although its written for childern. I think the message of the book, that theres no limit to your dreams, is a particulally important message to show to kids. At such a young age they can be influenced easily, maybe the message of endless dreams and not letting society take that away from you will stick with the forever. I know that after reading that book, I have definatly taken something from it that was influenced the way in which I look at things. The book its self is also something that posses a lot of wackey characters, the story seems as if it has a lot of potential for a childrens theatre show as in the illistrations alone in the book theres a lot of vibrate colours and interesting characters. The story of the book as fits with physicalisation quite well, making it a great choice for a childrens theatre show.
References -
http://gweb-awesomebook.appspot.com/index.html
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