Apollo

Author: Caroline Gregoire
Genre: Picture book
Characters: Apollo
Setting: Integral
Plot: Episode

Reflection:

                This story is talking about a dog named Apollo. His body is very long and his nose is like sausage. If you see him from the front, he is adorable. If you see him from the back, he is adorable too. In the crowd, you can always spot Apollo because he is the most adorable. Apollo is more than just a pretty face. He is very well-trained. He can do everything you say. He can also do magic trick. He can make his body separate to many pieces and  make up together again. After reading this story, I thin k this story is very funny. Readers can see Apollo very thoroughly because the illustrator draw Apollo very careful. No matter you want to see the back of Apollo or the front of Apollo, you can see. Apollo has very long body so the illustrator makes his body look very long by using two pages to draw his body. This book can make children impress because this book makes children want to read. Every pictures is very beautiful, delicate and colorful.

TRUELOVE

Author: Babette Cole
Genre: Picture books
Characters: truelove, a family (father, mother and baby) and some dogs
Setting: Integral
Plot: Cumulative

Reflection:

                  In this story, there is a dog called Truelove. His hosts are love him before they have their own baby. When the baby was born, truelove is ignored. When truelove hurts, his hosts doesn't care about him as before. When he brings a mouse as gift to the baby, his hosts don't allow him to do. When he says I love you to his hosts and baby, his hosts throw him out of the house because  the baby can't fall asleep and his hots feel noisy. After leaving the house, truelove meet the other homeless dogs. He makes friends with them. When his hosts can't find him, they miss truelove. So, truelove come back home. This story tells readers that sometimes love isn't easy, but there's always enough to go around. The pictures are very beautiful and delicate. In this books, there are many dogs. Every dog has there own appearance. You can see the beard, pattern and color and the facial expression in their face and body. The writer uses this dog truelove to tell readers many things about love like love means sharing, love cures all hurt, love gives you strength, love means caring for others, love will find you when you are lost and so on. After reading this book, children will know how to love other people and make them have more positive power.