Storybook Favorites - Inspiration

This was the first storybook title to catch my eye as I love video games. I thought that the idea to combine this story with Super Mario Bros was incredible and actually fits really well. The author did a great job at making this easy to digest and fun to read at the same time. The layout was clean and simple, and I thought that the author's notes were interesting to read. Combining epics with video games was something I had not considered prior to coming across this storybook. This has definitely given me some ideas on what I could potentially do for my own project.

Epic Cooking

At first, when I saw this title in the list I wasn't sure what to expect. However, I quickly understood and loved the idea! (who doesn't love food?) The introduction was great as it perfectly laid out the format for the project and introduced each story to us. The idea to have the characters from the stories writing to the author was awesome and it helped characterize each character. I thought that this was very enjoyable to read and the idea to make the food the primary focus was really cool. In addition to the stories being in a really nice format, the recipes and subsequent pictures are laid out very nicely and are very easy to follow.

Cryptid Hunting

This title caught my eye immediately because I love learning about cryptids and the movies and shows associated with the subject. This was a really fun project to read and I liked how it is formatted as if it is his field journal. I could definitely see myself doing a similar project because I'm sure there are plenty of fascinating mythological creatures in the Epics that we are going to read. This project was very nicely written and the layout was very easy to follow as well.

Ramayana manuscript, Mewari Paintings 1653 Wikipedia Commons

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