Text 30- Little Grey Rabbit's Pancake Day

Text 30- Little Grey Rabbit's Pancake Day

1. Contexts of Production

   • Uttley wrote over 100 books, best known for the little grey rabbit which was later made into a television series
   • Protagonist is a female rabbit so the audience would predominatly be young girls, for children in general
   • The book will influence young viewers that cooking is fun and brings people together- in this instance its pancake day that is the theme
   • Pragmatics show that a moral is influence throughout, showing that sharing is good. Subtly giving a child this message will encourage them to do it more
   • The story is a form of teaching to the child, as it shows them how to be independent, how to share, and what is right and wrong

2. Structure and Form

   • Mainly made up of simple and compound sentences purposely to target its younger audience
   • Small stanzas throughout, broken up by pictures to capture the childs attention, and to help them to use their imagination
   • First stanza almost written as a set of instructions by the active verbs, also gives the child the atmosphere of a busy kitchen
   • Conversational register making the text suitable for children. It is softened in the last paragraph for grey rabbit's song
     • The rhyming in this section are used to create rhythm, and it encourages the child to sing, giving a possible interaction
   • Written in 3rd person through the first person pronoun of 'She'
   • Pictures give a focus point for the young readers, with the colours stereotypically representing each gender. Encourages them to read on and to see more pictures
   • Blue Font and Drop Caps

3. Word Choice

   • Active verbs are used to set the scene of a busy kitchen and to describe the making of the pancakes
   • 'Wood- Sorrel leaves' and 'wild thyme' have been included with the simple words to encourage the children to ask questions, makes reading a learning activity as well as an entertaining
   • Anthropmorphism- giving human characteristics to an animal. Non fiction, allows the children to use their imagination. Also used for humour, simple humour is recognised throughout to target the younger audience
   • Exclamitory sentences used throughout to give the animals even more emotion, and to make the book more entertaining.
   • Simple counting also encourages the children's learning
   • Repetition of the story is felt throughout, making the text easier for the children to understand
   • Sibilance can be recognised as the fox enters, traditional villian