Children By Gail Gibbons Literary Devices

Literary Devices in Children Books
The Lorax is a narrative poem that was used to discuss the important subject of environmental protection to children in the ways that they can understand. The engaging stories were not only accessible to the target audience but were delivered with unique ideas and concepts that only Dr. Seuss could create. An analysis of the texts and rhymes of this narrative poem revealed that alliteration was the principal devices used to accomplish this goal. Alliteration is a poetic device that involves the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of successive words. An example from the Lorax is the sentence: “Grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting

old crows... is the street of the Lifted Lorax" (Seuss, 1971). The decision of the poet to use alliteration was to bring attention to the unusual items that were used to support the uncommon but important ideas in the poem. Meanwhile, the use of onomatopoeia, which is a device that is used for a word that imitates the sound it names, was essential for the creating the images of the items according to the word that they represent. It is an effective approach for creating ideas in the audience about the personal ideas of the audience and align them with those of the author. An example is the use of the word “slupp” in the sentence “down slupps the whisper-ma-phone to your ear” to describe the sound of the phone when it falls from its initial position.
Recycle!

A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons is non-fictional reading material that would interest second and third graders because of the extensive use of pictures and activities that kids can relate to and understand. Foreshadowing is a literary device that Gail Gibbons used extensively in this book to give hints to the readers about the events that would occur later in the story. It is an effective tool for creating suspense in the minds of the readers and used to generate implicit ideas from them. In this context, the literary device helped the audience to under the curiosity of the author about the things that would happen to the environment if people do not change their attitude towards the planet (Gibbons, 1992). Symbolism is the second literary device that the author used for making the objects and items to represent ideas and beliefs about recycling. It is an effective tool for adding deep meaning to the stories in the book, especially when they are repeatedly used by the writer to express other ideas aside from the primary ones. In this book, the use of bats, sun, and houses were methods to help the audience the impact of human activities on other components of the

environment.
The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers is a book that can be categorized as fantasy since the ideas and concepts described by the author in it were meant to illustrate the positive impacts of recycling and good environmental practices.

One of the common literary elements used in this book is characterization, which is a device to create a connection between the audience and stories in the material. The forest creatures that lived in the tidy holes in the ground are examples of the use of characterization to help the audience understand the setting of the story and how they can influence the occurrence of events in the stories (Jeffers, 2009). Dramatization is the second literary devices used by Jeffers to deliver the messages and concepts in the book without losing the interest of the audience. In this context, the tool is based on the need to make the narratives interesting and compelling through the use of conflicts and unique moments. The disappearance of the big branches on the forest trees and the decision of the responsible citizens to investigate the cause of the problem are examples of the use of this literary device. As a conclusion, these three books are useful for the cross-cultural learning experience of children because of their emphasis on the need for attitudinal changes for social practices that are detrimental to the environment. Finally, the lesson learned would help students understand the negative impact of their refusal to recycle because the culture

in their homes is against the practice.

References
Gibbons, G. (1992). Recycle!: A handbook for kids. Little, Brown.
Jeffers, O. (2009). The great paper caper. Penguin.
Seuss. (1971). The lorax. Random House Books for Young Readers.