Identify the themes in this story.
Analyse the pictures in the book. Discuss how they add to the story by comparing and contrasting the illustrations from the beginning of the book to the illustrations at the end of the book.
Remember to read and comment on other peoples posts, giving reasons to support your ideas.
At the start of the book the colours were really dull but as we got through the book everyone was happy and the colours changed and became brighter
ReplyDeleteI like that in the book I think it represents going from sad to happy
DeleteWhy do you think the colours were dull at the start of the book?
ReplyDeleteCan you give some examples of when the colours started to change and wh?
we think the colours were dull because no one was happy and they weren't happy because they were alone. The colours started to change when the got the dog because the dog brought them closer.
DeleteI agree with you Vanessa and melody, the closer the boy and dog get the more colours the author adds in.
DeleteAnd they started dull then on page 3 they added in green
DeleteOn page 5 they added a bit of red
On page 9&10 the author started adding some yellow
like when Jeremy was grinning because they made him a new leg and at the end of the book it said 'the empty place inside George didn't seem so empty anymore. And the three of them lived happily ever after for a very long time.
ReplyDeleteWe think that it was sad when George and his Grandmother made legs for Jeremy/the dog.
ReplyDeleteAnd we wonder what the thing was on the right of the white dog was?
We wonder why in most of the pages there was a yellowish colour?
ReplyDeleteIn the start of the story it was dull because it was sad cause george was lonely but later on suspense came into story with more excitement with interest because george saw a dog with three legs called jeremy than more colour came with yellow lights of faith came into him than they made him a leg out of paper
ReplyDeleteWe Agree Zachary/Zac it was very dull and the book was a sad book and happy book that is why it's called The BIG LITTLE BOOK of HAPPY SADNESS.
DeleteWe wonder why the white dog get's treated better than Jeremy?
ReplyDeleteI have a connection to book to movie. The movie is called sandlot because in the movie has a big dog and in the book there's a big dog next to the white dog. Ethan
We wonder why on the first page Jeremy just left his kite on the ground?
ReplyDeleteWe wonder why they made Jeremy a wooden leg with a slipper on the end for bedtime?
the colours in the book was dull at the start and didn't show any happens then in the middle of the book the colours started to show more happens and looked more caring full.
ReplyDeleteWe think it starts off dull then go's brighter because Jeremy and his grandma gets closer to each other by different things.
ReplyDeleteThe colours were very dull at the begining because all there was was sadness and the pictures got brighter because it was getting more happy for George and his three legged dog Jeremy nice and sad story it was better than the bird book our opinion
ReplyDeleteWe both agree with Danny G and the Calvins because The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness is way better then Home and Snow White. Snow White was a stupid retake on the regular Snow White because the cherry got stuck it her throat and Home was just a boring book because the falcon was just being stupid with thinking that the city was the forest.
DeleteWE AGREE WITH EVERYONE'S OPINION NICE STORY MS
ReplyDeleteAt the start of the book the colors were really dull. E.g. At the dog shelter the colors were dull.
ReplyDeleteAnd near the end the colors were bright and happy. E.g. On the last page when the dog is juggling.
I think it's like this to show how the story went from sad to happy.
we think that at the start of the book he is all sad and lonely, thats why the colours are really dull.
ReplyDeleteHe finds himself at the dog shelter where he feels good about himself.When he finds out that its Jeremy's last day he begs his grandmother for him. More colour is introduced into the book. Now that he has the dog the colours are bright and you can tell that he is happy. He might of been bullied at school because it said that he was all lonely.
The reason it was dull and sad for George was because he was lonely and it was the same for Jeremy it was like there hearts opened when they saw each other and they saw each others sad lives so they were the perfect match fOR ONE ANOTHER that it made the story so complete. it made us cry.
ReplyDeletewe both feel your pain
Deletewe liked the book because its really sad at the start but get good at the end. also because the colours and the pictures make you feel sad and happy at times
ReplyDeleteIn our perspective the author has used colours to show the emotions of the characters e.g.page1
ReplyDeleteit's all sad with the light shining in the middle not on the characters compared to the last few pages,everything is bright and the light shines on the characters.
We agree with phoebe and isabella the book was great.
ReplyDeleteThe plot was well chosen and the way the author on every page added on more colour was good,
also at the start we could not see george's face but at the end it was very clear and happy.
for us the illustrations were funny because all the people were fat and the dog only had three legs which was really funny for both of us to look at. The illustrations from the start to the end, adds one more color in each page. It has another meaning to the book.
ReplyDeleteThe book show's and gives george the personalty of love and care because he saved the dog form being put. we wonder why the author decided to take on this storyline.
ReplyDeletei like the book
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