This story book intrigued me first because of it's title. As a student of OU, the history of the university has always fascinated me even when it is supernatural. During my first week of school my freshman year, I participated in the OU's ghost tour. We were taken throughout different parts of campus to explore the traditional supernatural stories. The validity of these stories remain a mystery. However, the storybook I have chosen dives into the same stories that are always told around campus and passed down from student to student. The introduction does a good job at introducing the history of the stories and makes me very interested to read them.
(The inside of OU's Holmberg Hall
Picture by Uncovering Oklahoma)
Love at First Retweet:
I found this one interesting because the digital age is so prominent in today's world especially. It reminds me that stories and storybooks don't always have to be historical. They can take place in present day. The introduction is all about how historical love stories don't rely on social media to find the love. They rely on true connection. This day we can get so caught up in finding our "love" on social media and then only knowing them in that form. I'm interested in reading more about how these social media's can affect love connections.
Princesses from All Around:
When I was little, I didn't necessarily want to be a princess, but I loved watching princess movies all the time. They lived lives I could only dream of living and they got to sing beautiful songs while doing it, at least in the Disney versions. This storybook focuses on princesses from around the world from Japan and the Philippines, and how when they're together, they don't necessarily get along. In the end, the message is no matter where we come from, we can all live as one with peace and unity and I think that's really special.
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