Have u heard about it? If no,you should check it out as the story is simply appealing and i bet any children would enjoy this story,because i surely did :)
Well, here goes a lil gist of Sheena Knowles' story that i have gathered.
Edwina,the emu and her mate,Edward are the proud parents of ten little emu eggs. As Edward was shocked with his new ten children ,as he was worried about having enough to bear those children,Edwina told the stunned Edward, "Don't get depressed. I'll find a job, you stay on the nest," . And so Edwina sets out to find a job,but fails as she was an emu in the human job world.
One element that I certainly did not miss to notice was the rhythmic and rhyming verse that was repetitive, to help small children to enhance their understanding on the plot of the story.This is a plus point in helping children in their language acquisition in an early age :repetition & rhymes.
Not forgetting,the hilarious illustrations by Rod Clement made this an exciting story that would capture the hearts of many and positively,yours as well.As for me,i never knew what was an emu till i saw the story's illustrations. I bet it will be the same to others who did not know about the emu,a large bird found in Australia.Other than that,the pictures displayed the actions as well, describing the story as been told,very creative!
I have not been keen in dwelling into children literature as my exposure was more on traditional and rather conventional pieces of literature.As Dr.Jayakaran was narrating the story to us in class,with his enthusiastic storyteller role, i enjoyed listening to the story just as much a 5 year old would do.
Date of lecture : 3rd January 2011
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