My StoryBook Favorites

Here are 3 of the Storybooks that caught my eye and made me want to read more about them:

1.  Hogwarts: The Loyalty of Brothers (Link)

The image above (link) is what first drew me into this storybook because I got a moment of thinking back to my first time excitedly watching Harry Potter and marveling at Hogwart's size. I like how the author introduced the ancient histories of how the houses were founded in their introdction to give context to the rest of the storybook. I also enjoyed how the new characters in the storybook had an arc that ran somewhat parallel with the original story. Overall I thought it was really interesting because I would have never thought Harry Potter had much to do with Indian Epics, but the fusion of the two was intriguing.

2. The Adventures of Kusha and Lava (Link)
This storybook really caught my attention in it's attempt to blend Epics of India and classic fairy tales. Coming in to this course, I never really thought about how merging the two would work. I liked how the author wrote the storybook from the perspective of Rama because I thought it made the storybook easier to read and understand. I also liked how in the third adventure, the author ties in the old adage about mental capabilities over physical.

3. CSI: Indian Epics (Link)
I am almost always a fan of the "found diary" type storytelling, so this storybook immediately caught my interest. I'm also an avid watcher of all the CSI shows so I knew it would be fun to read. I enjoyed how in the "Death of Drona", the author uses pictures to more accurately depict what they are trying to convey. I admit that I was a little confused at the conclusion of the storybook because of all the names being thrown around and my almost nonexistent exposure to Indian Epics, but I still thought it was a great story nonetheless.