Analysis Of My No, No Day

Book 1: My No, No, No Day
Genre: Picture Book
Bibliography: Patterson, Rebecca. My No, No, No Day. New York, New York: Penguins Young Readers Group, 2012.
Character: Bella, Bob, Mom
Setting: Bella’s house, store
Conflict/Solution: Bella was in a bad mood all day. Her mother put her to bed and told her that everyone has days like that and she hopes she will be cheerful tomorrow.
Theme: Everyone has days when they are moody but they don’t last forever.
Summary/Main Idea: Bella is in a contrarian mood, to put it charitably. It starts when she wakes up to find her little brother, Bob, “crawling around my room and licking my jewelry,” and it’s downhill from there. Nothing goes right for Bella, and she’s more than willing to play her misery forward:

Snow Night. San Francisco, CA: Harper San Francisco, 1996
Character: Snow White, the Queen, Seven Dwarfs, Prince Charming
Setting: The Woods
Theme: True love triumphs over all odds, evil will always be punished, and the pure of heart will get their heart's desire.
Summary/Main Idea: Jealous of Snow White's beauty, the wicked queen orders the murder of her innocent stepdaughter, but later discovers that Snow White is still alive and hiding in a cottage with seven friendly little miners. Disguising herself as a hag, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince.
Classroom Application: Many fairy tales are based on folklore, myths and children’s stories. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was originally a German fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm who also wrote many of the original fairy tales reworked by Disney. As a class, read through the Brothers Grimm Snow White original story and compare this to the narrative of the film. What is different? What is the same?

Book 4: Chicka, Chicka, 123
Genre: Counting Books
Bibliography: Martin, B. Sampson, M & Ehlert, L. Chicka Chicka 123. Simon & Schuster Bookd for Young Readers,