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1st-5th Grade (Read Aloud or Independent Reading)
This book was illustrated in a creative way; three different artists were used to tell this amusing story. Kevin O’Malley (also the author) used pen and digital color to draw the children telling the story; his drawings were used on a page by themselves or overlapping the story pictures drawn by Carol Heyer and Scott Goto. Heyer used acrylics to create the images of the princess and the girl’s portion of the story, while Goto used acrylics and oils for the motorcycle dude and the boy’s share of the story. The three distinct artistic styles were a very important part of the story. The text in this book is conveyed in a unique way also, four styles of text are used; each child has their own style of text in their personal text bubbles which are used while they’re talking to each other. There were also two different styles of text used during the separate parts of the story; the girl’s font was more delicate, like the illustrations and her story, while the boy’s was bolder like his segment of the story and his illustrations. Kids of all ages will enjoy this book, all children can relate to wanting something their own way and disagreeing with someone about it. Children, like the two from this book, love to tell stories, I think this can be appealing and an excellent learning tool. Also the unique style of illustrations would be intriguing to anyone who picks up “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude.” I plan to use this book for many years to come in my classroom.
Math/Science/Language Arts
Lesson Plan Idea: Study and discuss the weather elements in this book, like lighting and volcanoes.
This book was illustrated in a creative way; three different artists were used to tell this amusing story. Kevin O’Malley (also the author) used pen and digital color to draw the children telling the story; his drawings were used on a page by themselves or overlapping the story pictures drawn by Carol Heyer and Scott Goto. Heyer used acrylics to create the images of the princess and the girl’s portion of the story, while Goto used acrylics and oils for the motorcycle dude and the boy’s share of the story. The three distinct artistic styles were a very important part of the story. The text in this book is conveyed in a unique way also, four styles of text are used; each child has their own style of text in their personal text bubbles which are used while they’re talking to each other. There were also two different styles of text used during the separate parts of the story; the girl’s font was more delicate, like the illustrations and her story, while the boy’s was bolder like his segment of the story and his illustrations. Kids of all ages will enjoy this book, all children can relate to wanting something their own way and disagreeing with someone about it. Children, like the two from this book, love to tell stories, I think this can be appealing and an excellent learning tool. Also the unique style of illustrations would be intriguing to anyone who picks up “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude.” I plan to use this book for many years to come in my classroom.
Math/Science/Language Arts
Lesson Plan Idea: Study and discuss the weather elements in this book, like lighting and volcanoes.
