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Animal fantasy power point

This document discusses animal fantasy stories for children. It provides background on the genre, outlines common characteristics like anthropomorphic animals and plots children can relate to. It analyzes four types of animal fantasy stories and provides examples. Key works mentioned include Charlotte's Web and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Activities are suggested for reading comprehension and engaging with various animal tales.

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 Fantasy stories in which main characters are anthropomorphic animals that talk, experience emotions, and have the ability to reason like humans.  Anthropomorphic animals are animals with human characteristics.
Questions to ask yourself: • How believable are the anthropomorphic animals? • Does the protagonist possess an appropriate mix of both animal and human characteristics? • Does the book tell a good story that children will enjoy? • Is the plot credible?
 Includes one or more animals as the focus of the story.  Stories appeal to children.  Children can relate to the stories because of their pets.  Young children may see animals as having human characteristics.  Animals in these books have human traits like talking, forming friendships, and wearing clothing.  Some very popular books focus on animal protagonists – Curious George, Peter Rabbit, and Paddington Bear.  “Authors use animal characters because they can convey ideas by analogy, ideas which have greater impact than if child characters are used.”  The most common plots take place in contemporary setting and focus on every day issues that mimic human nature.  Animal stories are often children’s favorite books.
 1877: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell  First significant animal fantasy story  Published in England  Not written as a children’s book – written as a protest against the cruel treatment of animals  1902: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter  Protype of children’s picture story books  Potter privately printed the first edition after 6 publishers turned her down  Cautionary tale warning children about consequences of not minding their parents  1908: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham  First major animal fantasy novel specifically for children  Written in England  Different customs and vocabulary make it difficult for children to read
 1942: The Pokey Little Puppy by Janette Lowrey  Named all-time best-selling children’s picture book in the U.S. by Publishers Weekly  About 15 million copies were sold in the U.S. in the first 58 years of its publication  1952: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White  Most-loved animal fantasy novel of the twentieth century  The all-time best-selling children’s paper back book in the U.S.  More than 11 million copies sold in the U.S. in the first 48 years of its publication  1957: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss  Protype of easy-to-read picture story books written on a beginning reader’s level  Dr. Seuss published more than 60 children’s books
 Type I: Anthropomorphic Animals in an All- Animal World  Type II: Anthropomorphic Animals Coexisting with Humans  Type III: Talking Animals in Natural Habitats  Type IV: Realistic Animals with Human Thinking Ability
The anthropomorphic animals take the place of humans and exist in a totally animal world. Animal characters behave mostly like humans – talking, living in house, eating human food, wearing clothes. Examples: Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel and Tulip and Lupin Forever by Mireille Levert
 Animals coexist with humans, sometimes in a human dominated world.  May or may not be able to speak and sometimes move back and forth from the animal world to the human world.  Common characters: pets, farm animals, mice, and wild animals  Examples: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White and Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
 Animals do not wear clothes or live in houses and humans are not present.  Animals live in natural-type habitats and display many animal traits.  Animals are able to talk to animals of all species, and they portray human emotions and thoughts.  Examples: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
 It is set in the real world, so animals live in appropriate habitats.  Their knowledge of human ways is limited to what they can observe and comprehend.  They can communicate with animals of the same species only.  The author tells the story through the animals point of view and assigns some human emotions to the animal characters because of this.  It is a very small subcategory of Animal Fantasy  Plots often show a conflict of some kind.  Examples: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and The Call of the Wild by Jack London
“A sympathetic story about Sister Bear, who conquers her fear of starting kindergarten. Sister Bear, nervous about entering kindergarten, overcomes her fears when she discovers that school is really fun." Activity: Listen to the story about going back to school and pick out similarities and differences with how you feel about going back to school.
“Charlotte's Web has been loved by generations of children! This is the tale of Charlotte the spider, and her efforts to save the life of her friend, Wilbur the pig. It is beautifully written, with messages of compassion and caring." Activity: Students will write a letter to Mr. Arable about what he should do with Wilbur.
“Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson." Activity: Students will use the computers to look up Anansi the spider to find Anansi’s origins and mythological background. They will copy the information they find and share it with the class.
“This is a tale of friendship between a chicken and a hedgehog. Henny desperately wants the hungry Tomten (a mischievous elf) to stop eating her eggs so that she can have chicks of her own. Hedgie comes to her aid with a plan to frighten the Tomten away for good." Activity: Have the students make a time line of the sequence of events that happened in the story.
“The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children’s book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor." Activity: Students will do a character analysis of Peter Rabbit.
“On a trip to the country, a little dog named Muffin encounters all kinds of new and puzzling sounds." Activity: The students will do a readers theatre with The Summer Noisy Book.
 https://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/wwr/animals.html  http://childliterature.net/childlit/animal/  http://www-tc.pbskids.org/berenstainbears/caregiver/BB_Sec_5.pdf  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/berenstain-bears-go-to-school-stan- berenstain/1100192780?ean=9780394837369  https://www.teachervision.com/childrens-book/activity/1732.html  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833229.Anansi_and_the_Mos s_Covered_Rock  http://www.liveoakmedia.com/client/guides/26754.pdf  http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/hedgies-surprise-lesson- plan  http://novelsummary.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit/  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237358.The_Summer_Noisy_ Book  Elementary Children’s Literature by Nancy A. Anderson