Projected Outcomes & Research References

Projected Outcomes

The projected outcomes will be two picture books showing the cultural differences between two countries based on the fairy tale from the East “Auntie Tigress.”

The aims of this project are:
1. To emphasis the cultural difference – Tigers and Wolves.
For comparing the different appearance of the bad guy – Tigers and Wolves – in the traditional fairy tales from the East and from the West, I choose to combine the two stories “Auntie Tigress” and “Little Red Riding Hood.” The story will mainly follow “Auntie Tigress” to show that tigers in the East are as terrifying as the wolves in the West.

2. To introduce Taiwanese Hakka culture to the children in the U.K..
To help them get to know more about Taiwanese Hakka culture, where the Auntie Tigress story is from, I put their traditional costume, buildings, household goods, and food…etc in the picture books to create a Hakka atmosphere. Children will look from the eye of Little Red Riding Hood, who they are familiar to, to discover a brand new world in the East.

3. A Moral Lesson to children.
For giving a moral lesson I choose to make two picture books in different perspectives. The first one is based on the original story of “Aunties Tigress” and the second one is a new story to proof that the Auntie Tigress is actually a good man. Children will learn to think in others’ shoes, learn to look at one thing from different angles, and learn how to forgive.

The picture books will be 32 pages each, printed and bind, and ready to be published.


Research References

1. ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events - End Credit’ Lemony Snicket (2004)
2. ‘Auntie Tigress and Other Favourite Chinese Folk Tales’ Eva Wang (2007)
3. ‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2006)
4. ‘Beware of the Story Book Wolves’ Lauren Child (2003)
5. ‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006)
6. ‘Hoodwinked’ Cory Edwards (2005)
7. ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Na-Ae Choi (2006)
8. ‘Monster House’ Gil Kenan (2006)
9. ‘Play Pen: New Children’s Book Illustration’ Martin Salisbury (2007)
10. ‘The Auntie Tigress’ Min Shyang Tu (2007)
11. ‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’ Eugene Trivizas (2002)
12. ’The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (1991)