
‘Ruby is in charge of this book. And she’ll tell you
something right now. There are NO BEARS in it. Not even one.’ However despite
Ruby’s determination to banish all bears from her story, one bear still manages
to find himself into the book, hiding around the edges of the illustration and
taking a star role.
This humorous picture book is a multilayered text with
illustrations that children will read over and over as it connects to the well
known fairytale references throughout. The skilful fairytale conventions
contain a range of allusions to well known fairytale characters, settings and
events. The picture book generates it humour through revisionist and alternative
fairytales and intertexuality (borrowing parts from other narratives). Some of
these narrative structures have been discussed in this course’s workshops and readings.
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