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Breaking News! Don Quixote: A hero?
The classic story, an elderly man in a small town who has spent waaay to much time reading novels of knights, decides to set out on a quest of knighthood. Or that's what one would think when they read the words Don Quixote, right? Wrong, very wrong. The introduction immediately takes us in another direction, by describing the scene of a newsroom, typically one that you would see on your local 5 o'clock news. We have two reporters, Margarita and Santiago, who are reporting live from the city of La Mancha (conveniently the same city as the original Don Quixote). After their typical news banter, and even a chime in from the quirky weather man, they receive breaking news of a man who has burst into a local inn, adorned with full knight armor, demanding he be knighted by the inn's owner... sound familiar yet? It was at this moment, as this was my first story that I read, that I realized what all of this was. I quickly checked on all of the other stories, and sure enough, they were all twists off of the original stories. But in terms of straying away from the typical storybook, this one wins the award for "most different layout"
Breaking News! Don Quixote: A Hero?
Peter Pan
Talk about a darkened version of a childhood favorite, yeeeesh! But maybe it was the realistic version of this story that every adult eventually needs to hear. It was very interesting, to say the least. The introduction in the story was the least insightful of the three, however, as I was left more confused after reading it. The storybook is broken into individual pieces written by each of the main characters of Peter Pan. It wasn't until the third story, however, that I finally caught on that the whole story is a modern approach on how Peter Pan, the man, treats Tinkerbell, the woman (how appropriate for us adults who pay more attention to other relationships more than our own). When I finally came to understand the story, it was quite comical to read. I did not like, however, that I had to read the story from the end, to understand what was happening at the beginning.
Peter Pan: The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
1001 Arabian Nights
My favorite of all three!! Sometimes I think I am like I child when I read stories, I get so wrapped up in the fictional world that I forget all things around me. I enjoyed this story most because, out of the three, it resembled a classic folklore story most. The first two stories were changed very much from how their original stories are laid out. Which is normal for a storybook of course, as an author does not want to copy the exact style of the original, but rather make something original. I guess I am just a sucker for the classic layout of stories. Not only that, but the theme of the page- black backdrop with white font and black and white photos accompanying the stories- gave it a real folk style feel.
1001 Arabian Nights
The classic story, an elderly man in a small town who has spent waaay to much time reading novels of knights, decides to set out on a quest of knighthood. Or that's what one would think when they read the words Don Quixote, right? Wrong, very wrong. The introduction immediately takes us in another direction, by describing the scene of a newsroom, typically one that you would see on your local 5 o'clock news. We have two reporters, Margarita and Santiago, who are reporting live from the city of La Mancha (conveniently the same city as the original Don Quixote). After their typical news banter, and even a chime in from the quirky weather man, they receive breaking news of a man who has burst into a local inn, adorned with full knight armor, demanding he be knighted by the inn's owner... sound familiar yet? It was at this moment, as this was my first story that I read, that I realized what all of this was. I quickly checked on all of the other stories, and sure enough, they were all twists off of the original stories. But in terms of straying away from the typical storybook, this one wins the award for "most different layout"
Breaking News! Don Quixote: A Hero?
Peter Pan
Talk about a darkened version of a childhood favorite, yeeeesh! But maybe it was the realistic version of this story that every adult eventually needs to hear. It was very interesting, to say the least. The introduction in the story was the least insightful of the three, however, as I was left more confused after reading it. The storybook is broken into individual pieces written by each of the main characters of Peter Pan. It wasn't until the third story, however, that I finally caught on that the whole story is a modern approach on how Peter Pan, the man, treats Tinkerbell, the woman (how appropriate for us adults who pay more attention to other relationships more than our own). When I finally came to understand the story, it was quite comical to read. I did not like, however, that I had to read the story from the end, to understand what was happening at the beginning.
Peter Pan: The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
1001 Arabian Nights
My favorite of all three!! Sometimes I think I am like I child when I read stories, I get so wrapped up in the fictional world that I forget all things around me. I enjoyed this story most because, out of the three, it resembled a classic folklore story most. The first two stories were changed very much from how their original stories are laid out. Which is normal for a storybook of course, as an author does not want to copy the exact style of the original, but rather make something original. I guess I am just a sucker for the classic layout of stories. Not only that, but the theme of the page- black backdrop with white font and black and white photos accompanying the stories- gave it a real folk style feel.
1001 Arabian Nights
Scheherazade and the Sultan
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