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Janet and Allen Alberg

Summary:

This text follows an “eye spy” approach, where readers search for familiar fairy tales and nursery rhymes characters. The story is written in a rhyming format, were a character is introduced and then can be found on the next page. The story contains a certain character on each page, with them all meeting up at the end to enjoy plum pie.

Intertextuality:

As this story is an “eye spy” game where readers have to find different fairy tales and nursery rhyme characters, they need to have a prior understanding for what the characters look like. These characters range from Mother Hubbard to Robin Hood. The intertextuality within this book is at both verbal and visual levels, with the text and also the illustrations containing characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

A list of the nursery rhymes and fairy tales in the text:

§ Goldilocks and the Three Bears

§ Tom Thumb

§ Mother Hubbard

§ Cinderella

§ Goldilocks and The Three Bears

§ Baby Bunting

§ Bo-peep

§ Jack and Jill

§ Hansel and Gretel

§ Robin Hood