Mirror

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Text to world connection- Since this book has two stories about different places/cultures that relate to real world events I think text to world connection would be accurate. It’s fair to say that Jeannie Baker went way beyond any criteria requirement with her story of two cultures, Mirror. Especially as this is a lovely soft warm pink, I chose to reflect this same soft pink in the background colour of the pages throughout. We arrived back about 3pm: it had taken twelve hours of work for the girls to collect a supply of grasses for fuel. One of them wades across the river to me, when I sign to her I am headed for Agouti, she beckons I should remove my shoes and socks, she then takes my hand and steers me around the rock face.

Her collages are fascinating in their detail, and I found myself wondering at times, how she created this or that effect. As you turn the pages you see their families, what they eat, their surroundings, it's fun to spot the differences and the similarities. Two rivers have their confluence below, where there are bright emerald green terraces, luminous trees and crops (almonds and walnuts) and the pretty village of Boutaghrar. They stay where I left them, sitting together, keeping an eye on me: and when I reach the top of the mountain, let out a great cheer.Meanwhile, in a small village in Morocco, a boy and his family go through their own morning routines and set out to a bustling market. Lahcen hired a mule for the morning (at some cost to me) He also borrowed a traditional dagger and shoulder bag and a ‘baby’ (a boy of about two, older than I’d wanted.

The English title type used is Papyrus, which I modified to eliminate its featured ragged edges: in doing this, we’ve created our own version of the type. Visit the carpet Gallery in Kalaat M’Gouna (the small town at the entrance of the Valley of Roses) and speak with the Berber family who own it and live here. And soon we had arranged to meet at 3am the next morning, though I would need to find a mule to ride on.If you are under 16, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before submitting or ask your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf. One of the most common symbols used is the eye of the partridge, a diamond shaped motif that represents the bird’s unblinking stare, always on the watch against lurking evil. The book is a great tool for striking up conversations with your child about poverty and wealth, simplicity and technology, rural and urban settings. Every now and then a picture book comes to my attention that I have to share with all of you, raising a family in two or more different cultures.

This innovative picture book comprises two stories designed to be read simultaneously – one from the left, the other from the right. Page by page, we experience the lives of two little boys – one from an urban family in Sydney, Australia, the other from Morocco. Lahcen dressed himself in a white jellaba with the appropriate shoes, trousers and under hood and cap. I love learning about other cultures and this is a unique way to show that while both cultures are different, they still partake in the same things. While the right side is more calm and peaceful because of the desert land, the minimal people around, and the praying.Mirror written by Jeannie Baker is a brilliantly illustrated and engaging wordless picture book that explores the similarities and differences between Western and Moroccan society through a side-by-side comparison as if looking through two different windows.

Pictures that cleverly fold out from each side eloquently reveal the external differences and inner parallels that constitute their lives. This is two (wordless) books in one that you read side by side, comparing a family in Australia with one in Morocco. While the author does share that she initially constructed 3D collages for the pages, their 2-dimensional rendering still holds a tactile quality. For most Berbers today, the symbols they use in their carpets are above all, decorative patterns unique to their own culture. MIRROR’ and in particular focus on some of the ideas, images and experiences behind the Moroccan part of this story.Also, the weaving of the carpet made by the Moroccan family ending up in the Australian home as a 'magic carpet' seems very inappropriate and culturally insensitive.