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Storybook Topic: Sea Creatures with Mermaids

Comments: One of my favorite movies growing up was the Little Mermaid (the Disney version) but ever since then, I have been fascinated by mermaids and I always wondered if there were really anything like a mermaid or how they interacted with the other creatures underwater.

Possible Stories: There are many stories about mermaids all around the internet because there are so many different thoughts about mermaids and on how people associate mermaids with so many different things.  I would love to include a story on how they are the at top of the hierarchy in the sea, how a little mermaid interacts with some of the other underwater creatures, how the families work, and other adventures from the mermaids.  I also want to include many facts from the legends of mermaids.

Sample Story:  This text explains the legends od the golden mermaid.  It has the powerful king and the hierarchy that I was looking for in my story as well as incorporating the legends of the mermaids.

Bibliography: 

Book Title: The Green Fairy Book

Book Author: Andrew Lang

Year: 1892

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Storybook Topic: Not Really A Happily Ever After

Comments:  I love fairy tales and from a very young age I have always watched the princess movies and read all the books about how the prince saves the princess and then they live happily ever after.  After growing up and realizing this relationship would be highly unlikely to work out, I wonder what would actually happen years down the line if they were to get married and spend the rest of their life together.

Possible Stories: I would take my 3 top favorite stories and change the story and the endings to combine the stories and show that it is not always a happily ever after. 

Sample Story: This story has a little bit of a different viewpoint than what I want to write about but it has the right idea.  I want to look at these stories from a different perspective.

Bibliography: 

Book Title: A Prince’s Perspective

Book Author: Kate Brandon

Storybook Topic: What Animals Really Do

Comments: I have always wondered what my dog and my two cats do during the day while all of us are gone.  Surely they don’t just sit around and sleep all day.  I want to write story about what the animals in a house really do all day while everyone is away. 

Possible Stories: This will be a story with a section about the adventures of my cat, my dog, my bird, and my fish do all day.  Do they have other friends? Can they talk to the stuffed animals? Or can they talk to each other? We will see.

Sample Story: This is more information on what pets actually do all day to entertain themselves.  I want to incorporate some information and some legends together to form an entertaining story.

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Storybook Topic: A Once Heroic Ape Turns Bad

Comments: I have always loved monkeys and apes so any story about those interest me.  There are so many stories about Apes saving the day or becoming the King of the jungle, but what if this so called “king” was actually really bad.

Possible Stories: I would write a story building off of multiple stories about how the ape or the monkey becomes kind of the jungle, but then someone tragic in his life happens and this Monkey King all the sudden becomes very bad.  When that happens, the villages has to fight back and save their own species.

Sample Story:  This is the story about the King of the Apes.  This Ape was magical and became king of the jungle! He had the courage to force his way through the waterfall and become the king. 

Bibliography: 

Book Title: The Chinese Fairy Book

Book Author: R. Wilhelm

Year: 1921