Native Tales

Native Tales

What parts of this book strike you as particularly Canadian? Which parts might you find in a book by a writer from the USA?

There are some parts of the book which illustrate life of Canadians and how they get along. They are generally Canadian native tales which means they are particularly Canadian. On the other hand, there are books which are written by an author from the U.S.A. This is so because there are authors who are Native American. This shows that they are originally from the U.S.

This book is dated—does it still have an appeal to American readers. But child and adult? If so what are the appeals?

The book still has an appeal to the American readers. This is because there are stories inside the book that are written by Native Americans. The book written by a native American provides an American with information of the past making the current generation to understand more about what happened in the past.

Is this a novel? What criteria are you using to determine your answer: does your answer change this only as a novel for children, not a novel for wider, adult audience?

The book is not a novel. This is simply because it contains many stories. It is not written in prose form where there are many chapters connected (Macmillan, 2012). These stories all have different topics where they touch on different ideas.

Does this book appeal to girls? What would have to change to broaden its interest to both sexes of children?

The book does not really appeal to the girl nature. Authors have to take into consideration the fact that readers are both male and female. In this case, they have to provide information on both sexes in order to favor both genders and make all of them have interest in reading books.

The illustrations are obviously quite simple—what changes will you as editor suggest so that the book continues its sales appeal?

Authors have to consider both sexes when writing books and make sure that they do not favor one than the other. Authors ought to write books, having in mind that they may be bought by anybody. All stories should therefore not be those that criticize other human beings.

About the native tales what similarities do you see among the Canadian native tales to other stories we’ve read?

The Canadian native tales just like the other tales talk about happenings in life and issues that affect human nature. The styles used in writing these stories are similar and there are some authors who have written various tales. The similarity therefore is the style of writing what the authors write about.

Reference

Macmillan, C. (2012). Canadian Fairy Tales. Canada: HardPress.