Weeping Willows On the Lake

  1. The Llama Who Had No Pajama A. BIBLIOGRAPHY Hoberman , Mary Ann . 19 98 . The Llama Who Had No Pajama -- 100 Favorite Poems . by Fraser, Betty. Boston, Mass . : Sandpiper. ISBN 0152001115 B. PLOT SUMMARY The Llama Who Had No Pajama does not have a plot or a protagonist guiding a narrative. It is a series of one hundred poems that are an ode to the joys and discoveries of childhood. Many of the poems are focused on animals, which delightfully include many different kinds of animals such as tapirs and praying mantises, and an entire counting poem created around bugs. There are poems dedicated to the weather, to sibling relationships, to school, and to colors, all common experiences for children to learn about and share in. C. CRITICAL ANALYSIS The poems employ a standard typewriter font across all poems which makes for easy readability. It is also an old fashioned sort of font that lends to the timelessness of the poetry. Times change but children relate to the sam...

1. Rumplestiltskin A. BIBLIOGRAPHY Zelinsky, Paul O . 1986 . Rumplestiltskin . Puffin Books. ISBN 9780948149474 B. PLOT SUMMARY A miller who lives with his beautiful daughter makes a boast upon entering town that his daughter can spin straw in to gold. The greedy king has the daughter brought to his castle where over the course of three nights, she must spin straw into gold or face execution. Each time, a small man comes to her rescue and in exchange for her necklace, her ring, and the life of her firstborn child, he spins the straw into gold on her behalf. The king marries her and upon the birth of her child a year later, the little man comes back to claim what she owes him. He agrees to give up the child if the queen can guess his name within three days, and following the fortuitous discovery of the name, she is able to name him on the third night. Rumplestiltskin leaves in a fury without claiming the life of the baby. C. CRITICAL ANALYSIS Rumplestiltskin 's title page is...