Book Trailer - George's Marvellous Medicine

Prepared By	Mujib Rahiman K.U Librarian KV Kanjikode
Topic	George's Marvellous Medicine – A Book Trailer
Objectives	·         Motivate students to read and utilise library resources ·         Introduction to Book trailer as a tool to generate interest to read the book ·         Alice as a tool to create animations ·         Develop ICT skills ·          Develop technological production, design, story telling skills ·         Elements of a book trailer – music, background, story setting, suspense, special effects etc
About the Book	George's Marvellous Medicine is a children's book written by Roald Dahl. It tells the story of George, an 8 year old boy, who is fed up with his grandmother's selfishness and her attitude towards him. He decides to make a special medicine making use of all the available things in the household including some harmful items. Whether George gives the medicine to Grandma and what happens to her if she takes the medicine are the suspense elements that will excite the students to read the book.
About the Author	Roald Dahl was a famous British novelist and short story writer. He has written a good number of stories for children including His works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The Witches
Book Trailers	Digital Book Trailers are short videos to promote a book. They are made with the purpose of motivating others to read the book. Book Trailers are made using different softwares and in different formats like PowerPoint Presentations, PDF, Videos etc. Here the attempt was to create a book trailer using Alice.
Presentation	The final video was presented to the members of the Readers' Club. The response from the students was highly encouraging. Almost all the students wanted to read the book and the demand for other books by Roald Dahl was high. As expected, the animation could generate interest among the students towards Alice programming.

Acknowledgements:
Free Natural Reader 11
Oracle Education Academy
Alice 3.1 and Carnegie Mellon University
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan