31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 31: Conclusion!

31 Days, oh my!

I’m slightly shocked that I made it to the end, since I’m not all that great at follow-through.

I hope that these Book Detectives posts have been helpful for a few of you. If nothing else, I hope it has taken a little of the intimidation out of analyzing picture books.

Remember, I don’t have the “right” answers. Literary analysis is not about right and wrong but about exploring the ideas in a book. You may come up with different conclusions about the conflict or the climax or the themes in a story, and that’s okay. I could be way off base on a few of these. [grin] The most important thing is that you go back to the text to support your ideas.

I tried to share a wide variety of styles and stories. In the coming year, I will try to share more chapter books as well as analysis using the 5 Common Topics and an ANI chart.

Did you have a favorite book that I shared? Did you try to go through the story and come up with your own analysis? I’d love to hear about it, especially if we have different ideas about the book!

Be sure you caught the introduction in which I share my resources and inspiration. In the first analysis post I also gave more details about how we discuss each element in a book club setting.

Here is a list of all the posts in the series for reference.

• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 30: The Mystery of the Missing Lion
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 29: Dominic
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 28: The Family Under the Bridge
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 27: The 13 Clocks
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 26: The Story of Holly and Ivy
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 25: The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 24: Christmas Farm
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 23: Tree of Cranes
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 22: The Sign Painter
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 21: The Boy Who Loved to Draw
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 20: The Memory Coat
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 19: The Treasure
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 18: How I Learned Geography
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 17: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 16: The Kitchen Knight
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 15: The Gardener
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 14: The Yellow Star
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 13: Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 12: Andrew Henry’s Meadow
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 11: Many Moons
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 10: One Grain of Rice
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 9: Amos & Boris
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 8: Lentil
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 7: The Language of Birds
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 6: The Master Swordsman
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 5: Seeker of Knowledge
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 4: Temple Cat
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 3: Gilgamesh the King
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 2: Lugalbanda
• 31 Days of Book Detectives ~ Day 1: Introduction

We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programing tomorrow, November 1st. [So glad to be gaining an hour tonight. Whew!]