The symmetry of the composition of full bleed illustrations of this story contribute to general creepiness, much like paintings by Italian artist Alessandro Tofanelli. Alessandro Tofanelli, Italian surrealist landscape painter. For more examples of his work see here. STORY STRUCTURE OF VOICES IN THE PARK When you read this story again, you can change up the questions you ask the kids. Maybe try discussing some of these:

Voices In The Park is loved by teachers because it requires students to read pictures as well as text, and offers a lot to talk about. There’s a sparse loneliness to Anthony Browne’s work, like looking at a Hopper painting. Even when characters share the same arena, they aren’t necessarily understanding one another. I prefer Browne’s picture books as daytime rather than before-bed reads. FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION For Smudge's father, the type is a less formal type of font that is bolded. There is just more of a noticble rounding of the letters, not as rigid as the ones for the font listed above. The informal bold text, along with the type of grammar of the sentences, leads one to conclude he is a working class person. The fact of it being in bold makes one envision he has a deep, rough voice.which pictorial ideas are playful and which suggest something meaningful that adds to your understanding; Let’s take a close look at Browne’s illustrations. The seasons are different for different characters, even though it’s the same bench. Anthony Browne is a highly acclaimed and multi award winning author and illustrator whose books are known and enjoyed for their surreal illustrations and thought-provoking themes. Fruit Shaped Trees. 10 June 2009. 17 Aug. 2010 < http://static.guim.co.uk/ sys-images/​arts/​arts_/​pictures/​2009/ student exemplars - modelled writing resources used for the “fifth voice” assessment task to guide students as to what their final product should look like.

This voice is of the sad father. He is walking to the park with his daughter and dog. You are going to ask the same two questions as before with the same discussion as with the first voice. “Who is talking in this story?” and “Who’s voice is missing?” The text and illustrations work together well to portray the events of that day for each character. Without the illustrations, it wouldn't be possible for the reader to interlink the character's stories in this way nor understand the cleverness of creating a book that requires close observations of the images. Even the trees in the illustration below reflect the hunched posture of this father and daughter on the way to the park. Children's books reviewed by parents for you and your kids. 17 Aug. 2003. 1 Children Books Malaysia. 17 Aug. Re the story, I think the different perspectives of the characters could lead to some interesting discussions and introspective mulling. But I thought some of the choices were a bit odd if the audience here is young children, such as the despondent man looking at the job ads despite feeling hopeless.write letters to an agony aunt or hold an ‘advice surgery’ for each character to discuss their problems; Explore each of the illustrations. Is there anything interesting / unusual in each one that makes you want to look further? Could you create a picture with something interesting / unusual to make people look more closely? And a man, a man provides. And he does it even when he’s not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he’s a man. Más (2010), Gus Fring