THE EMPTY POT

DEMI

• 1. Demi was born 1942, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her actual name is Charlotte Dumaresq Hunt, but was given the nickname Demi by her father. She was always surrounded by art, since her family was involved in different types of art work. Her father was an architect and actor, her mother was a noted painter and her grandfather was a painter named William Morris Hunt. She is married to The Si (Jesse) Huang, they are both Buddhist. (Scholastic.com)

GENRE CHARACTERISTICS

• Picture book, Children’s book, Folklore, realistic
• The story starts with “A long time ago” (The Empty Pot)
• Establishes setting in ancient China

ILLUSTRATION QUALITIES

• Artwork: Traditional Chinese Inks • Lines: curved, suggest calmness -Uses lines to show movement • Point of view: objective

THEME

• The grass is always greener on the other side.
• Honesty can be rewarded.
• Trying our best is all it takes to be successful.

WORKS CITED

• -“Demi Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level.” Scholastic, www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/demi/. -Demi. “Meet-the-Author Recording with Demi.” TeachingBooks.net Book Reading/ The Empty Pot, www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=7535&a=1 -Demi. The Empty Pot. Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company, 2012.