Multicultural Book : Abuela

Abuela
By Arthur Dorros
Illustrated by Elisa Kleven

This book is a good read aloud preschool-2nd grade
I would consider this book to be a predictable book, the young girl explains everything that her and her grandmother are going to do next. The book was a page turner because of the illustration.
Kleven did an amazing job when illustrating, she used bright colors creating a busy and beautiful city setting. Every page has a unique use of patterns throughout the book, from the pattern of Abuela’s skirt to the wings of the birds in the park.
I like the way Dorros incorporated the use of Spanish words through out the story. The book is way to introduce Spanish words to students, It can also be used to make word connection . For example I can say Buenos dias estudiante and ask the student to translate it.
children will be able to relate to the main character through her relationship with her grandmother the inspired adventure they share. This a good book use to examine other culture. Student will be able to identify the setting locations which is New York city. Student can share their experience if ever visiting New York City..
Question during group discussions-Who was the key character in the story .?
What will happen on there next adventure?
Imagine you can fly around your own city. What would you see? student will Draw and color what they would see, and write in 2-5 sentence what they would see.

Abuela can be read teaching Social Studies/Language Arts
Lesson Plan Idea: Study and research the places mentioned in the book, like the Statue of Liberty and Mexico. Student will use Spanish word to identify certain sequence in the story.

Vocabulary words
Abuela- Grandmother
Limonada- Lemonade
Me gusta- I like
Buenos dias- Good day or Good morning
Un gato- A cat
Un oso- A bear
Tio-Uncle
Tia- Aunt
Ven- come
vamos- Let's go

Banned Book ( The Cat in the Hat)

 The Cat in the Hat

 

By. Dr. Seuss

The cat in the hat is one of my favorite books, the story starts off with two children sitting in house due to rainy weather. Their mother left the children in the house while she is out. Suddenly a cat in the hat comes in and introduces himself. The fish tells the children that the cat should not be in the house while the children mother is gone. The children are bored and want to play, intrigued by the cat they children let the cat in the hat stay. The cat in the hat shows the children a juggling trick, the cat stands on a ball and begins to juggle ;a cake, books, milk, fans and the fish in the bowl. The cat loses his footing and slips and falls and everything that he was juggles falls to the ground. The cat has many tricks he brings a big red box in the house. The fish opposed the idea but the children want to know what is the box. They allow the cat to show them more fun tricks, he introduces Thing 1 and Thing 2. These things game are very messy and  they destroy the house. The children allowed the cat in the hat and Things 1 and 2  to destroy the house. The fish announced that the children mother is coming and they need to clean up before she comes in and sees the house in a disarray.  The boy shouts enough ,enough,  cat in the hat you have to go before my mom comes and sees this mess. The cat in the hat come in the house with a cleaning machine and cleans the whole house  and packs up thing 1 and 2 and tips his hat and disappears. The  children's mother comes home, asked the children what they did while she was gone.Their response was ohhh nothing.


 

 This story is about morals, the children knew that were not suppose to have company while their mother was gone. The children allowed the cat in the hat to come in and destroy their home and they lied to their when she asked what they had done. But in their defense if they would have told their mother what they really did she probably wouldn't believe them. The cat in the hat is classic and this is a book that I will have in my class library . 

Caldecott Winner ( Where the Wild things are)

 Where the Wild things are

Author: Maurice Sendak

The story starts when  Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief hammering things, chasing the dog and threaten to eat his mother, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his dinner. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are.  The young boy is not mean to the monsters ,Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins. Max begins to miss his mother and he tells the monster that he is going back home. The monster don't want him to leave they threaten to eat Max. But Max says " No, I have to go." Max travels back home and when get back to his room his dinner is in his room waiting for him. 

I did not like this story, it gives me the impression that there is no consequence for misbehaving. I would have sent Max to his room without any dinner as a consequence for his poor behavior.  The young boy did not apologized to his mother  for his behavior.  Children need to understand that there are consequence for poor behavior and rewards for good behavior. A child do not receive and award for demonstrating poor behavior. 
I would have this book in my library despite that fact that I don't care for the books.