![]() ![]() ![]() We observe this positioned so we are looking directly over the agitated boy'sshoulder. For instance, in one illustration the boy stands in the water, hands on hips, and glares at the frog. Consequently, as readers, we always have a sense of scale and the relative positions of the characters. The setting is ingeniously established from several different points of view. Mayer also uses the environment to great advantage. ![]() This is because Mercer Mayer makes excellent use offacial expression to communicate emotion. The boy's and frog's actions are always clear. Each illustrationfeatures the boy performing a number of actions, both voluntary and sometimesinvoluntarily, in his efforts to catch a pond-dwelling frog. The pictures require active engagement by the reader. The book has no text, which is the story's chief advantage. The Boy, a Dog, and a Frog is a wordless picture book, and like the rest of the series the narrative is driven by simple and delicately drawn black andwhite illustrations. Mercer Mayer Review The Mercer Mayer series of books are highly useful language teaching tools. ![]()
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