Traction Man is herreee!

Title: Traction Man is Here
Author/Illustrator: Mini Grey
Medium: watercolor
Genre: Fantasy
Summary: It is about a boy who wanted a traction man for Christmas. He got what he wants! The traction man is here! The traction man is an action figure who has a different kind of adventures with scrubbing brush.
Theme: An action figure, the traction man who is ready to take bad people down with his sidekick, scrubbing brush!
Literary Elements:
Setting: in the first page of the book shows the boy sleeping in his bedroom. In the dining room/ kitchen, in the sink, outside, in the bath tub, in the car, and at the granny’s house. In the book indicates that the traction has an adventure in every setting.
Style: The author of this story has a kid at heart feeling. The point of view of the story is told in third person until the second last page, “well, I never.” The illustration was done in an excellent of drawing. The text is very easy to read. The fonts are pretty much the same from the first page to the last page.
Characterization: the book does not show any characterization of a young boy but shows a lot of the traction man. He aims to fight, protect, and have fun. He went in the sink to wash the dishes and meet his scrubbing brush; it is a “dog.” He fought the pillows, the washcloth, the shovel, a foot, and the broom. He is very humble. He is very helpful. For scrubbing brush , a “dog” because it shows its tail in the book. A great sidekick who saved the traction man’s life when he fought the washcloth in the sink. He is very loyal to the traction man because when he wears an ugly outfit that the granny made for him, the cupcake and the sock were laughing at him but the scrubbing brush didn’t.
Plot: the plot was great because it shows so much of adventure. The traction man and his sidekick, scrubbing brush fought all the way until at the end, they both relax but they are ready to fight evil household things.
Evaluation: I think this book is a wonderful book for young kids. Young children tend to have dolls and G.I. Joes. I, myself, had both of them. I visualized my G.I. Joe to be a real person. I would take it to everywhere I go to. I even purchased an action figure radio control car: it was a Volkswagen beetle. Good time I had back then. The book can develop the children’s creativity of what they want to do in the future. I remember my friends have G.I. Joes. My G.I. Joe was a cop. I wanted to be a policeman. My family told me that I could not be a cop because we are deaf. This book shows a great imagination of what we wanted to do with our figure action and toys.

The book has won a several of awards such as a new york time best illustrated children’s book of the year; an ALA notable children’s book; a kirkus reviews best book of the year and etc.