After you have read The Tale of Peter Rabbit, you will notice that the first illustration in the book, which depicts Mrs. Rabbit giving Peter tea and appears before the title page, is an illustration of the last event in the story. In our contemporary terms for discussing narrative, this placement becomes a “spoiler.”
What is the effect of putting the illustration of the final event first? What is gained? Think about how this placement affects both the reader of the story and the listener being read to? A stroke of genius or bad storytelling?
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