Sunday, March 17, 2013

Blackout


Rocco, J., & Hyperion Books for Children. (2011). Blackout. New York: Disney/Hyperion Books.
Summary: A little girl becomes bored and wants to play a board game with her family.  They are not wanting to play, then the town blacks out.  What will they do?  I am not going to give the ending away.  This is a must read!  Students would love this book and it can be used during writing workshop time. 

Questions:
Has their been a time in your life that the lights went out?  Write about how you reacted?

Reflection:
I loved this story and the illustration.  I disagree with the judges because it needs to be a Caldecott medal winner not a honor book winner.  The artistic styles was different then any other book I have ever read.  John Rocco used a cartoon style and I loved it.  Each page dark shades of color used and it really showed that the town was blacked out.  When the character sit in the dark their eyes popped and when they lit a candle or flashlight the yellow color popped and was the focal point in the story.  So far this is my favorite picture book I have read because of the illustrations.

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