Author: Janet S. Wong
Title: Apple Pie 4th of July
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc Date: 2002
Age level: Primary (K-2)
Summary:
A little Chinese girl is distressed at the fact that her parents keep their store open on the fourth of July in America. No Americans want Chinese food on the fourth of July, do they?
Strengths:
The illustrations in this book show all different kinds of cultural backgrounds, which I really like. It shows the fact that Americans come from all different backgrounds and are all different yet they can all enjoy the same things- in this case, Chinese food! The contrast between the pages with a lot of white space and the full color pages in this book really add to it. It has a great moral of the story and really teaches children.
Concerns:
One concern I have with this book is that the main character gets really sad towards the middle of the book because she fears all hope is lost. In the end she is happy, but it seems for a little while that no good can come out of this book..
Classroom use/Other comments:
This is a great book to use when explaining the fourth of July. It is also a great book to use to talk about Americans and how everyone is different.
Title: Apple Pie 4th of July
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc Date: 2002
Age level: Primary (K-2)
Summary:
A little Chinese girl is distressed at the fact that her parents keep their store open on the fourth of July in America. No Americans want Chinese food on the fourth of July, do they?
Strengths:
The illustrations in this book show all different kinds of cultural backgrounds, which I really like. It shows the fact that Americans come from all different backgrounds and are all different yet they can all enjoy the same things- in this case, Chinese food! The contrast between the pages with a lot of white space and the full color pages in this book really add to it. It has a great moral of the story and really teaches children.
Concerns:
One concern I have with this book is that the main character gets really sad towards the middle of the book because she fears all hope is lost. In the end she is happy, but it seems for a little while that no good can come out of this book..
Classroom use/Other comments:
This is a great book to use when explaining the fourth of July. It is also a great book to use to talk about Americans and how everyone is different.
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