When I was little my mom would always read to me from the Aesop’s Fables book, and it was one of my favorite books. The one story that really stuck with me, and that I remember well is the one of the Fox and the Crane. I think foxes are always depicted interestingly because they are usually cunning and sly, so that is why I am excited to read more of the fox fables. To research I looked through the list of animals that was put together for the Aesop’s series, and am hoping to go through many of those, and maybe even combine some of the stories. I am looking forward to maybe depicting foxes in a different light, and maybe getting their perspective in my storybook.
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| The Fox and The Crane By Laura Gibbs |
Topic 2: Aesop’s Lion
Lions are known for being prideful, and being leaders. I love how powerful they are, and they have always intrigued me. I love to hear stories about lions and humans bonding, and I think that may be a fun thing to explore with my storybook. For this I also looked at the index of animals that are in Aesop’s fables, and plan to look through many of the stories. Of the stories I have looked at, I really liked the Lion and the Two Men, and think I may want to use this story. I think I may want to depict the lion as a kind animal, to those who deserve it.
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| Unlikely Friendship From youtube |
Topic 3: European Fairy Tales
European fairytales include some of my favorites, from goldilocks to Cinderella. I think that there are also that a lot of people haven’t heard of, like The Swan Maidens and A Dozen at One Blow. For this idea I would like to maybe do a “forgotten” fairytales of Europe theme. I found two sources, which each had plenty of titles that were not familiar to me, and I’m sure are not all too familiar to many people. The one I looked at first was The Fairy Tales of joseph Jacobs, and then I also looked at Andrew Lang’s Fairytales. Each seemed to have many forgotten stories. I may want to pin the forgotten characters against the classic favorites that everyone has heard of.
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| Swan Maiden From tumblr |
Topic 4:Poseidan’s Tales of the Sea
My last topic of interest would be Poseidon. I have always had a love for the water, and everything that goes with it, so that is why he is the god I chose. I also really enjoy Greek mythology, so that is why I chose a god and not mermaids or sea creatures. I was thinking of having this storybook be about Poseidon’s wrath against others because there seem to be many of those stories. This week I read the Odyssey passages, and there was the one of Poseidon taking revenge over his son’s lost sight. I looked at Theoi to find some stories, and also at Wikipedia, but will probably look farther for some more stories.
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| Poseidon From Wikipedia |
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