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Children's Literature Book Review

A virtual library about FAMILIES!
AMANDA VICKERY DEC 18, 2016 01:27AM

And tango makes three would want to have this book in our personal collection and
read it to our class at an appropriate time, because while it is
1.The author portrays a different type of family by writing a
an important message to convey, we wouldn't want the
story of two (male) penguins that nd each other, just like
students to read it on their own and feel sad.
other penguins. As the story evolves the author makes sure to
focus that they are still similar to other penguins. The
illustrator represents a different family by drawing all of the
penguins the same.
2. The message the author wanted to communicate about
families is that while a family may not contain the traditional
male and female parents, they may want the same as other
families. In this case, the two penguins wanted children but
were not able to lay eggs. The zoo keeper found a lost egg and
gave it to the penguins.
3.We would add this book to our classroom library because it
talks about a diverse family realistically.

Mamas Nightingale By:Anahiz&Edna

Hair for Mama- Hannah/Ymi
1. The author and illustrator portrays a family with a mom
suffering from cancer.
2. The message the author is trying to convey is that there are
families with members that with illness and they cope in
different ways. It also touches on the idea that people with
illnesses look different. The author also discusses the
possibility of the mother passing away.
3. Rather than adding this book to a classroom library, we
1. The story is told through the eyes of the little girl who's
mom was put in jail by immigration because she didn't have
documents. Although they were separated the girl and her dad
stayed in contact with her by visiting and writing letters. They
both wrote letters to reporters and hope that the mom will
come back.
2. The message the author is trying to communicate about
family is even if you are separated from each other you will
continue to be a family and nd ways to be there for each
other.
3. Yes, because it relates to a lot of our families and we may
have students families that are going through the same thing
One of a Kind Like me
By: Denisse and Janet
1. The Character of the story, his name is Danny and he
wanted to be a princess for a school parade. The character did
not follow gender expectations when he choose his costume.
Danny's mom supported her sons choice of being what he
wanted to be, she said that he was one of a kind.
2. Gender Expectation should not be imposed and as parents
and as educators we should always encourage our students to
be whoever they want to be.
3.De nitely, I think this is a great resource to celebrate
diversity and respect others when they have different ways or
opinions than us.

Jalapeo Bagels
By: Natasha Wing

1. The author and illustrator portray/represent a different

type of family by showing types of pastries that you would see
it a Mexican and Jewish bakery. At the end they show how the
two come together to make one.

2. The author was trying to communicate that families can

come from different cultures and together make a new culture
made up of both.

3. This is a book we would add to our future classroom library

because this books shows the diversity in families and it shows
how having two cultures makes a student unique and that
they can still get a feel for each individual culture and the
cultures coming together as one.
 2. No matter where they are at, they are still family and the
community is larger than just neighborhoods in schools.
3. This is a book that we would add to our library because it
would be a great representation of differences and similarities
in cultures, comparing and contrasting.

Dear Primo
By: Duncan Tonatiuh
1. The author and illustrator portray/ represent how a family
can live in different areas. In different setting, different
countries. They do the same activities but in different ways.