Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Modern Fantasy


The Indian in the Cupboard
Written By: Lynne Reid Banks
Illustrated By: Brock Cole

Summary:
A young boy Omri receives a plastic Indian for his birthday and locks it in a cupboard for safe keeping. The next day when Omri goes to take the plastic figure out of the cupboard, he finds that the Indian is no longer a plastic figure, but the Indian has come to life. Omri tells his best friend, Patrick, who demands that Omri use his magic cupboard to bring his cowboy to life. The two encounter many problems with their miniature friends, Little Bear and Boone, including fights between the Indian and the Cowboy that result in injury, the figures being seen at school, and even losing the key to the cabinet. In the end the two become friends through finding the key, Little Bear ends up with a small Indian wife, and the boys decide to put the figures in the cabinet for good, returning the figures to their homes.

Application:

This book would be a great book to use when discussing the Indians and the differences in how they lived in comparison to how we live today. Students could use the references made between Omri and Little Bear and make a concept map discussing the differences and similarities the two share. They could even make a Venn-Diagram with Omri, Little Bear, and Boone discussing three different time periods and how these differ and how they are alike.

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