(2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor)
Summary:
"I Broke My Trunk" is a story of an elephant named Gerald who happened to injure his trunk. His long story is told to his friend Piggie and describes the events leading up to the grievous accident through a series of stunts performed by the unlucky fellow.
Gerald manages to emerge from his daredevil acts unscathed and in doing so becomes so proud that he runs to find someone to tell the tail to! Unfortunately for the clumsy elephant, he trips and that is when his nose is broken. After the unbelievable and crazy story, Piggie decides that he needs to tell someone else about Gerald's accident, but in doing so falls himself and had his nose broken just like his friend.
Personal Evaluation:
Pros: There are a few ideas that could be used in the story to educate the readers. Such as paying attention and not trying something that your unable to do. The story was also an easy read with nice size fonts.
Cons: While reading the story, I didn't feel as if there was a rhythm forming in the words. At times the conversation between Piggie and Gerald seemed to stall, giving the audience's mind time to wonder from the story. The use of the word "no" was done nicely to have the audience anticipating Gerald's answers, but was still not enough to engage the reader and or listener.
Cons: While reading the story, I didn't feel as if there was a rhythm forming in the words. At times the conversation between Piggie and Gerald seemed to stall, giving the audience's mind time to wonder from the story. The use of the word "no" was done nicely to have the audience anticipating Gerald's answers, but was still not enough to engage the reader and or listener.
The Illustrations in the book did not attract my eyes to the book or the story. The majority of the book was done in grey and pink with the occasional blue during the rhino and hippo's part in the story. Hardly colors that would excite a child, even on the bright white backgrounds.
Final: After reading the story I find myself wondering if a child would have the attention span to sit, listen and involve themselves into the story. This is something a don't feel would happen without extra from the reader. Over all the book is a decent read, but lacks several elements that would help it in finding a space on my shelf.
Additional Information:
Publisher: Hyperion Book (2011)
ISBN: 1403133099
Book Type: 64 Page; Hardback Cover
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