2021 March Book Madness nominee. I read this with my 4th grade today and choked up a few time. It is beautifully illustrated and lyrical in the prose.2021 March Book Madness nominee. I read this with my 4th grade today and choked up a few time. It is beautifully illustrated and lyrical in the prose. My class talked about the dedication to black boys who were all killed before reaching their 18th birthdays like Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice. The students analyzed why the authors might have written this book specially dedicated to those boys. We analyzed the images and their connections to the words. This is a great book to talk about a tough subject, but my students who are predominately Latino really connected in a thoughtful way. It was a great mentor text to use to segue into issues of social justice (I'm at a Catholic school) and Black History month....more
This books is an easily accessible look at the refugee experience. The illustrations have a lot to unpack and discuss with students who might just be This books is an easily accessible look at the refugee experience. The illustrations have a lot to unpack and discuss with students who might just be beginning to understand symbolism. This would make a great addition to social studies lessons on immigration/migration....more
Beautiful illustrations, beautiful words, beautiful ideas. This was supposed to be part of battle of the books, but with the closures I never got the Beautiful illustrations, beautiful words, beautiful ideas. This was supposed to be part of battle of the books, but with the closures I never got the chance to share with my students so I can't say how they reacted. I will absolutely be using this next year....more
This is such a fun first day of school book. I don't want to spoil the twist at the end, but it really had me chuckling. I am planning on using it witThis is such a fun first day of school book. I don't want to spoil the twist at the end, but it really had me chuckling. I am planning on using it with my 4th graders as a jumping off point for some back to school writing about feelings....more
Beautifully illustrated, but I didn't really care for how much Frida seemed to be an appendage to Diego River in this tale. Frida Kahlo is an amazing Beautifully illustrated, but I didn't really care for how much Frida seemed to be an appendage to Diego River in this tale. Frida Kahlo is an amazing artist with an amazing life story and I just didn't feel like this book did her justice....more
My 5th grade son is doing a unit on Chris Van Allsburg at school, and he brought this book home insisting I read it. It was wonderful! The illustratioMy 5th grade son is doing a unit on Chris Van Allsburg at school, and he brought this book home insisting I read it. It was wonderful! The illustrations are amazingly life-like. The story is a great fable about bullying and how we treat things that are different. It sparked a great conversation between me and my son and really what more can a mom of a tween ask for. ...more
This book provides a great platform for discussion of differences and diversity in the world. My boys really enjoyed looking at all the different littThis book provides a great platform for discussion of differences and diversity in the world. My boys really enjoyed looking at all the different little drawings. There is so much crammed into each illustration that they spent a half hour just looking at the pictures....more
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