Delaney Brummond

For my books I chose three of my favorites from childhood. Looking back over the assignment I realized I did largely focus on analog drawings as they are more intriguing to me. I picked Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and Doggies by Sandra Boyton. Each has a different style to it, but they are all memorable and iconic books from my childhood that I still remembered years after reading them last.

Each of the books has an interactive way of highlighting the content and making it more engaging than just a picture to add to the story. For Wacky Wednesday, the text is minimal, and is more about finding what is wrong with each picture. Whether the teacher was wearing rollerblades or there was a “shoe on the wall, shouldn’t be there at all!” the book has a similar feeling of searing like I Spy or Where’s Waldo where you are looking for something, but also incorporates counting each thing. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has such a fantastic look that is more artistic than Wacky Wednesday, but uses the caterpillar to tell the story. Eric Carle is a fantastic artist and I always love looking at his art in other books as well. His art style is relaxing, for some reason. Doggies is very much a read-aloud book. Each dog that is added as the book goes along has a different bark, so lots of noise is made and fun is had. The dogs look adorable and are overall pretty simple drawings but still expressive and friendly.