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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Might be good for a school visit - elementary age. Great book about a book store's impact on a young girl, and the power of words, books, and community involvement. Great diverse choice, and I love the illustrations.
Another of the books in @Jess5th 's inferring from book covers lesson.
https://crawlingoutoftheclassroom.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/teaching-our-students-that-what-we-read-affects-the-biases-and-stereotypes-we-hold/
https://crawlingoutoftheclassroom.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/teaching-our-students-that-what-we-read-affects-the-biases-and-stereotypes-we-hold/
fast-paced
About the relationship between a budding writer of a girl and the owner of an African American focused community bookstore. I really liked the ritual of the two drinking tea together, the positive mentoring relationship between community members, the emphasis on community organizing REGARDLESS of the result (and I like that the story ends without you knowing whether the store survived for various reasons), and I appreciated the reminder that stores like that are treasures of the community that we should try to keep around. I loved the artist's interpretation of Mrs. Wade, the bookstore owner, her silver dreds are beautiful and her face is expressive. I really enjoyed looking at all the other books that are illustrated as being on the shelves in the background. I liked the style of painting and then cutting out and collaging the painted pieces of paper.
But I was generally unmoved by Destiny herself. She didn't really come through as an interesting character to me at all. I didn't really get much out of the whole love of books and bookstores and libraries thing (it felt didactic, which is a little odd). I was disappointed that we didn't actually get to see the community coming together much. And, despite my love of the illustration of Mrs. Wade (and the author reading in the bookstore), I wasn't crazy about the visual layout of the book, nor did I feel like the illustrations were consistently as good as I wanted.
But don't let my negative comments keep you from taking a look at this book, it has a strong message and is certainly worth getting out of the library at the very least.
But I was generally unmoved by Destiny herself. She didn't really come through as an interesting character to me at all. I didn't really get much out of the whole love of books and bookstores and libraries thing (it felt didactic, which is a little odd). I was disappointed that we didn't actually get to see the community coming together much. And, despite my love of the illustration of Mrs. Wade (and the author reading in the bookstore), I wasn't crazy about the visual layout of the book, nor did I feel like the illustrations were consistently as good as I wanted.
But don't let my negative comments keep you from taking a look at this book, it has a strong message and is certainly worth getting out of the library at the very least.
Might be good for a school visit - elementary age. Great book about a book store's impact on a young girl, and the power of words, books, and community involvement. Great diverse choice, and I love the illustrations.