The book that I have chosen to read this week is the 'Yellow Submarine'. This book was read on my Ipad in iBooks application. I chose this particular book not only as a picture book but I found that it would be very interactive within the classrom.
The book has sounds effects and songs that match well with the scene on the page. It was interesting how the author integrated the names of the people in the band Beatles. Although most students in the lower/primary may not have heard of them it still would be a good opportunity to reflect back in the Arts/Music lesson. Thus implementing integration with reading the book.
Each page includes terrific illustrations, bright and colourful. These would definitely catch the eyes of the students and provoke their imagination. The colours are very retro which are influenced by the era in which the band the Beatles were at their peek.
The story line works well with the background of the Beatles; song and music. The book was set in the land of pepper where they played song and music all the time and made the town and the people very happy. However the Chief Blue Meanie did not like music and wanted to sneeze Pepperland away for ever.
In summary the Pepperland people lived and loved music. However the Chief Blue Meanie and his followers slowly began to kill music. It was up to the band members of the Beatles to save the town. They had to bring the music back to the people.
This book is a great book in exploring multimodal texts within the classroom. As it includes sounds, music and interactive features. This book reflects the way technology is heading within the new technology aged class environment.
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