Storybook Favorites

One storybook I looked at is Tales of Love. I chose this one because I like love stories, but Happy once.I liked it how the author divided that into three subtitles stories: separation, betrayal and reunited. Plus, in the beginning I liked the way she described love in both ways positive and negative. Next, the author describes the plot along with the characters, so the reader would understand the main plot of the story. Addition to that, I liked the way she ended the introduction by letting the reader pick the ending of Nala and Damayanti love story. The author also gave readers visual image of the couple at the end, which was helpful.

(Nala and Damayanti. Source: Wikipedia)

The next storybook I looked at is Hindu Goddesses. I chose this storybook because it informs a lot about what Hindus believe in. On the cover page, the author placed an image of one of their Goddess, which is very helpful in terms of telling the readers what to expect. Next, for the introduction, it is a mother telling her kid a bedtime story based on each of the Hindu Goddesses. Addition to that, the author divided the storybook into four different Goddesses and under each subtitle of Goddesses the author gave the detail of their life with an image illustrating that. I liked how the author had a unique idea of putting story into a story.

For the last storybook I looked at is An Epic Woman. I chose this storybook because it tells about Sita, who was known as a great image in Hinduism. In the introduction, the author talks about what her stories are going to about. Basically, it followed Sita's life starting from birth and plus, author is writing the story from Sita's point of view. As in the introduction, it says, "She will share her stories with you, telling you how she felt and what she thought." This is also a good way of telling a story from a story. The author also provided an image under each subtitle to show that to the reader and imagine it through.