Monday, March 11, 2013

Week 2, Reflection 3; The Funny Ride


Hillert, M. (1982). The funny ride. Cleveland: Follett Publishing.

Margarat Hillert has written a number of children’s books.  I chose three books that she wrote this week for comparison and contrast.  This was the newest of the three selected.  This book utilizes 67 words and it appears that the author increased the word total in each of books as she went along.  The style is very simple like the others with short sentences and a repetition of words.  She does a wonderful job of always helping the reader to flow seamlessly through the stories.  I would recommend this story to many students; particularly those with an imagination.  As a child I loved the idea of being able to fly and because the boy flies and experiences all the things from the sky it would have greatly appealed to me.  The plot and conflict are always short and smooth in the authors works even though the characters, the settings, and the themes are not the same .

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