2. Style & Media
O Chris Raschka uses
impressionism in the
book, A Ball for Daisy.
This is because he
emphasizes light,
movement, and color
over detail (Tunnell,
M., Jacobs, James,
Young, T. & Bryan,
G., 2011, pg. 33).
O Ink, watercolor, and
gouache are used
in this book.

3. Lines
O Horizontal lines are
used which are
supposed to portray
order and tranquility.
The horizontal lines
act as barriers to
separate the different
scenes in the book.
Usually, each scene
depicts the emotion
that Daisy is feeling.
O There are many types of
lines in this book. The
majority of them are thick
and curvy. There are
some lines that are more
thin that make up the
background. I think they
are more thin to establish
that they are the
background and not the
main focus. The main
focus is on Daisy
throughout the whole
book. She is drawn with
thick and curvy lines.

5. Shapes
O The shapes used in
the illustrations are
very simple. In our
textbook, it explains
that curved shapes
are used for objects
formed by nature and
angular shapes are
used to show objects
formed by humans. I
found this to be true
throughout the book.
O The shapes of the
dogs, the people,
and the
backgrounds were
mostly curvy. I did
find that the
trashcan and fence
were angular.
Those are man-
made objects.

7. Color
O The use of color in this
book express the
emotion being portrayed
by Daisy. In the
beginning, she is very
happy and the colors are
bright. The book uses
cool colors in the
beginning (blue, purple)
but the ball that Daisy
loves is in a warm color,
red. I believe this is to
make it stand out so that
the reader knows how
important the ball is to
Daisy.

8. O When Daisy’s ball
gets popped, the
colors suddenly start
to dull. This shows
that Daisy’s emotions
have changed and
that she has gone
from happy and
excited to sad. For
older kids, it could
show that she is
feeling that she has
lost something.

9. You can see in this picture how Chris
Raschka started using darker colors to show
how upset Daisy is about her ball.

10. O When Daisy gets to
play with a new,
blue ball, the colors
start to brighten
again. This signifies
that Daisy is once
again happy.

11. Texture
O The texture of the
pictures are soft and
smooth. They are
also 2 Dimensional.
O The shapes are
layered upon each
other as well as
colors. In some
pictures, you can see
the bottom layers of
color through the new
shapes or color on
top of them.

12. Compostion
O On every page, the pictures were
symmetrical except for one. The scenes
were broke up into different layouts but
they always ended up being symmetrical.

16. O However, there was
one page that was
asymmetrical. I think
this is because the
author wanted the
focus to be on Daisy
and the popped ball,
but wanted the
readers to know that
her owner was
running to her and the
dog that popped the
ball had gone away.

17. Resources
O Tunnell, M., Jacobs, James, Young, T. &
Bryan, G. (2011).
O www.Childrensbooks.about.com/od/produ
ctreviews/fr/A-Ball-For-Daisy.htm