PD Webinar
The Power of Humor in Picture Books: Tapping the Funny Bone for Joyful Reading
Presented by Best-Selling Author
Ed Masessa
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About
Just as a funny bone isn’t actually a bone, humor is not always funny. Expressing humor in a picture book is much different than expressing it in a chapter book or novel. While not every joke will elicit a belly laugh, it will make you feel…something. Kind of like when you hit that funny bone in your elbow. And for a reader, the humor has to work on the first pass. Having to explain a joke is like explaining how the ulnar nerve bumps against the humerus bone and blah, blah, boring! Pictures make all the difference to a younger audience. They enhance the text with images that bring the words to life while also boosting motivation and vocabulary, comprehension, and literacy development.
In this PD webinar, best-selling author Ed Masessa will show educators ways to use picture books to:
Duration
1 hour
About the Presenter
Ed Masessa is the best-selling author of Scarecrow Magic, Pumpkin Magic, There Was an Old Dog Who Needed a Nap, Snowman's Big Adventure, and two Wandmaker novels. He grew up in a small town in New Jersey but now lives in Florida, where it’s rather difficult to build a snowman, but where lots of dogs take naps.
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