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https://sites.google.com/site/creationandmyth

The topic of this storybook is to focus and tell of the different stories of creation from the Bible to stories from Norse mythology, except this storybook does it from a perspective of one creator creating multiple planets. I enjoyed the intro but it was definitely confusing before reading the authors notes on each planet's page (the inspiration behind each story). I liked each images in the intro as well as the format, they were all similar style and visually appealing. Using these images helped paint the creation and visuals for each planet.


https://sites.google.com/site/thevampirelexicon

I liked the visuals on this site a lot, the red and black really create a gothic look that pairs nicely with the gothic vampire stories told by the author. The intro gave a quick look into what each story was about and how they connect with each other. The storytelling format of both the introduction and each story page was fun to read and well written. I liked the idea of linking each story within the introduction but it looks like the author forgot to do the other two aside from the very first story. I particularly liked the titling and header to the site instead of a plain title, having it look more artistic and creative gave more UMPH to the stories themselves.



https://sites.google.com/site/ghoststories4you

This was probably the coolest formatted and told storybooks I found. It read like a script or as if it were a conversation of someone walking you through each haunted place. In my head, it played out like a TV show. Formatting the Indian ghost stories into a script like format made them more  readable. The introduction itself gave us background to the characters and why there were in the places they were in. I particularly like the image of the plane as a means of explaining they were on the way to each of the story destinations. This storybook also linked their pages in the intro, something I really liked.
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            _\ _~-\___
    =  = ==(____AA____D
                \_____\___________________,-~~~~~~~`-.._
                /     o O o o o o O O o o o o o o O o  |\_
                `~-.__        ___..----..                  )
                      `---~~\___________/------------`````
                      =  ===(_________D
                                (Plane done by Ronald. Found on Chris.com)

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