Title: The Pencil
Author: Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator: Bruce Ingman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 48
Genre/Category: Picture Book
I chose this book for the illustrations as much as the story. The Pencil is the story of a lonely, little pencil who suddenly begins to draw things. He starts by drawing a boy, a dog, and a cat. After drawing them some food, the drawn characters begin to complain that they can't eat the food because it's black and white. This leads the pencil to draw a paintbrush. This is fine for a little while, but then the new characters begin to complain about their clothing looking funny. What's the pencil to do but draw an eraser? The eraser causes trouble, so the pencil draws a second eraser so that they will erase each other.
The illustrations in this book are done with acrylic paint. The books starts out very simple, with just a black pencil and a plain white background. These first several pages seem to be drawn with a pencil. These first illustrations look like sketches in a child's notebook. As the story progresses, more colors are added, and bright, painted backgrounds and objects begin to appear.
I think this book is appropriate for all ages. Preschoolers would enjoy looking at the pictures and older children would be challenged with some of the vocabulary words. This book would be great to introduce children to various forms of art, from sketching to painting and encouraging students to draw. This could also be used to test students on their knowledge of some of the bigger words in the story, or even introduce new words into their vocabulary.
I chose this book for the illustrations as much as the story. The Pencil is the story of a lonely, little pencil who suddenly begins to draw things. He starts by drawing a boy, a dog, and a cat. After drawing them some food, the drawn characters begin to complain that they can't eat the food because it's black and white. This leads the pencil to draw a paintbrush. This is fine for a little while, but then the new characters begin to complain about their clothing looking funny. What's the pencil to do but draw an eraser? The eraser causes trouble, so the pencil draws a second eraser so that they will erase each other.
The illustrations in this book are done with acrylic paint. The books starts out very simple, with just a black pencil and a plain white background. These first several pages seem to be drawn with a pencil. These first illustrations look like sketches in a child's notebook. As the story progresses, more colors are added, and bright, painted backgrounds and objects begin to appear.
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