Though it might be hard, remember the days when you didn’t know how to read the pages of a book. Instead you picked out a story for your Mom of Dad to read to you. If you were lucky you might even get your babysitter to read it to you. Eventually they would get sick of the book because its your number one request every night. This is exactly how John Lithgow’s, Marsupial Sue got me. The appeal I had to this book still doesn’t make sense. My parents on the other hand, I know why they still continued to read it to me. Sure the illustrations were wonderful, and the catchy song that Lithgow wrote to go along with the book helped keep my attention. But the whole story taught a great life lesson like all children's books do. Its a beautiful thing when a story can grab the attention of all ages.
Marsupial Sue follows a day in the life of a kangaroo named Sue. Sue is an outsider. She feels like that one white kid in a school in central Detroit. Except, well Sue looks just like everyone else. The whole jumping around and eating grass just isn’t her forte. This is where the story tried to relate to any child that fells put out of place. Sue then takes you on an adventure where she meets new types of people. Sure it was fun, but the story eventually ends right where she started. The moral of this short story is you are happiest with those who love you. How touching.
Books like this are meant to tap into you pathos. As you are reading this to your child, you can only hope they are getting something out of it besides looking at the interesting illustrations page after page. But after all of this, the reason this book has stuck into my childhood memories is because the author, John Lithgow helped you sing along from begging to end. The fact that he could song write and story write makes the story that much more memorable. Going into my sixties I will still remember every lyric to that book, and most defiantly be reading it to my children. Simply because, Marsupial Sue can relate to anyone who reads her story.
Books like this are meant to tap into you pathos. As you are reading this to your child, you can only hope they are getting something out of it besides looking at the interesting illustrations page after page. But after all of this, the reason this book has stuck into my childhood memories is because the author, John Lithgow helped you sing along from begging to end. The fact that he could song write and story write makes the story that much more memorable. Going into my sixties I will still remember every lyric to that book, and most defiantly be reading it to my children. Simply because, Marsupial Sue can relate to anyone who reads her story.
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