Storybook Favorites

I have browsed through many Storybooks created by previous students and found several that I enjoyed. Here are my favorite three, in no particular order. 

The first Storybook I am going to share is called Mount Olympus Gossip. Readers with a vague knowledge of mythology, or Percy Jackson movies, might have a pretty good idea of what this is about based on the title. The introduction for this Storybook feels a bit longer than others, but it does get the point across. The navigation on this one was also slightly different from several others that I saw, but this may be an older project that used different formatting. I did find the style of the webpage for this project a bit clunky to maneuver through.

 

(Photo information: "Sun Rise" by Umair Mohsin is licensed under CC BY 2.0 )

Another Storybook I would like to share is called It's All in Your Head, Alice. This project has an introduction that draws you in and goes by quickly. You are given details to immediately immerse yourself in the world the author is going to create. The type of layout used in this project seems to flow better as there are links within each page for navigation. Additionally, there are static links at the top of the page. This design allows readers to naturally reach the end of a page and move on without hunting for a link. This author also collected all their notes and bibliography information into one page, separate from the story pages. This gives the reader the option to read the notes after each story or stay immersed until the conclusion. 

 

(Photo information: "A bronze sculpture of the dying Buddha as he passes away into paranirvana inside the Mahaparinirvana Temple, Kusinara, India, 1993" by Wonderlane is marked with CC0 1.0)

 

The final Storybook I want to link to is LGBTQ+ The Other Side. This project introduction actually starts off with a bit of a story. The reader is then given an explanation of the content. This type of opening works well with the kind of tales presented by this author. The author has also carried this through to each story in their project. The layout on this Storybook is very similar to It's All in Your Head, Alice; however, here the author's notes are on the individual story pages.