Van Stone and Richard Gibson turn the antics of children’s animal characters into safety information for the whole family.
Van Stone, writer and family safety advocate for the non-profit Van Stone Productions Foundation, provides free resources OF expert safety information.
Stone achieves his aims through training and consultation. He also uses animal character illustrations and short stories, many times in a reading, drawing, music, dance, and video training format, to support family safety goals for the community.
“Giving human characteristics to animal characters has major benefits when helping to get difficult learning points across to kids,” says Stone.
Examples are found throughout literature, the arts, and everyday life.
The combination of animals possessing very distinctive human traits in art and storytelling is called anthropomorphism.
Van Stone and other well-known professional writers have used the technique for over 30 years. Stone also uses animal characters to write and develop investigative stories about real life incidents and accident prevention.
In 2017 Richard Gibson will work with Stone to use anthropomorphism for a variety of reasons, one of which is to “promote safety and create a wider community interest in safety, says Gibson.
By using animals or other objects with human traits, Stone, the author, and Gibson, the illustrator, can tell a story in a visually appealing, non-threatening way to all families.
“The goal is to make the animals more familiar, to draw individuals to the story and make specific points more memorable for kids,” Stone said.
Stone has used a cartoon, “Roger Robbie, the Hip-Hop Raccoon,” showing a raccoon with safety education signs, for example. Gibson can help a child grasp the idea that the animals are very smart and will take precautions to avoid hazards that are the most frequent causes of injuries, diseases, and death in the neighborhood and home.
As a result, many different topics can seem less scary, and children and adults often learn very quickly.
Van Stone, writer and family safety advocate for the non-profit Van Stone Productions Foundation, provides free resources OF expert safety information.
Stone achieves his aims through training and consultation. He also uses animal character illustrations and short stories, many times in a reading, drawing, music, dance, and video training format, to support family safety goals for the community.
“Giving human characteristics to animal characters has major benefits when helping to get difficult learning points across to kids,” says Stone.
Examples are found throughout literature, the arts, and everyday life.
The combination of animals possessing very distinctive human traits in art and storytelling is called anthropomorphism.
Van Stone and other well-known professional writers have used the technique for over 30 years. Stone also uses animal characters to write and develop investigative stories about real life incidents and accident prevention.
In 2017 Richard Gibson will work with Stone to use anthropomorphism for a variety of reasons, one of which is to “promote safety and create a wider community interest in safety, says Gibson.
By using animals or other objects with human traits, Stone, the author, and Gibson, the illustrator, can tell a story in a visually appealing, non-threatening way to all families.
“The goal is to make the animals more familiar, to draw individuals to the story and make specific points more memorable for kids,” Stone said.
Stone has used a cartoon, “Roger Robbie, the Hip-Hop Raccoon,” showing a raccoon with safety education signs, for example. Gibson can help a child grasp the idea that the animals are very smart and will take precautions to avoid hazards that are the most frequent causes of injuries, diseases, and death in the neighborhood and home.
As a result, many different topics can seem less scary, and children and adults often learn very quickly.
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