Children's Book Illustration:
How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story
by Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Beth Peck

This visual interpretative analysis is designed by Sonja Cole

What does this illustration communicate to viewers?

Study the sample illustration from: How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting. Illus. by Beth Peck. (New York: Clarion Books, 1988.) It is best to examine the entire book to see the interrelationships established among the illustrations and text.

It is important to read the accompanying text to this illustration.

 

Choose the answer that reflects your interpretation of the illustration:

 

  • The family feels a sense of fear and sadness at leaving their home country.
  • The family feels a sense of hope.
  • This is a family of survivors.

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    Created March 27, 1999 Last Reviewed and Updated March 28, 1999