Deconstructing a book activity.

Posted: February 7, 2017

Children’s Book Questions:

 

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1.   What is the author's point of view? What is the illustrator's point of view? What is your evidence?

2.   What biases (cultural, linguistic, gender, ability, sexual orientation, religious etc. values and beliefs) do you, as the reader, bring to the text?

3.   What assumptions, beliefs and values does the author bring to the text? What is your evidence?

4.   What assumptions, beliefs and values does the illustrator bring to the text? What is your evidence?

5.   What assumptions, beliefs and values does the author make about the reader? What is your evidence?

6.   What assumptions, beliefs and values does the illustrator make about the reader? What is your evidence?

7.   Why has the author chosen to convey the main message or theme as they have? What is their purpose?

8.   What role does the publisher play in perpetuating messages in the text?

9.   What other questions might you, as a critical consumer, ask of the text?