It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journeys. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading right now…who knows, you might discover that next “must read” book!------------------------------------
I browsed my school library this week, and found there are books there that should be off the shelf and into the classrooms. You may be familiar with some, but I hope you find a new one here, too.
These first two books give some views of different cultures, and the way small differences really don’t matter, that people have the same needs no matter what culture: the need to love, to be needed and to eat! The next two are true stories of the persistence of the human spirit in personal passions. The final one is a story teaching the lesson of liking oneself.
How My Parents Learned To Eat Ina R. Friedman with illus. by Allen Say Eating styles and habits separate people. This is a sweet story told by a little girl about how her parents fall in love and try so hard to please each other by learning the ways the other one eats. It’s one of the early books illustrated by Allen Say.
Arctic Son by Jean Craighead George illustrated with paintings by Wendell Minor
Jean Craighead George, author of Julie of The Wolves, My Side of The Mountain, and my favorite, The Talking Earth, takes us to a new culture, showing her usual love for both the culture and the environment. The story is that of Ms. George's grandson, Luke, who lives in Barrow, Alaska, near the top of the world. This is a lovely tribute to the Arctic, particularly the Inupiat Eskimo way of life, and includes some of their language also. The illustrations are beautiful.