Book Genre: Comedy and Humor, General Fiction
Publishing Info.: Scholastic Inc., 32 pages
Awards or Honors Received: N/A
Summary: This book is about a little girl who likes herself just as she is. She likes everything about herself, no matter what others might think. She portrays herself with messy hair, silly faces, and crazy antics. Even at her silliest, she is happy with who she is.
Personal Rating and Reason for Rating: ****Great! I love this book for its very colorful and hilarious illustrations. It teaches children that we are all different and that we should be happy with our uniqueness. This book also contains rhyming words, which young children usually like.
Reading Level: 1.8
Interest Level: K-2
Possible Uses of the Text in Integrated Units of Study (Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum): After reading this book, children could think about a time that maybe they were not very happy with themselves, or a time when someone made fun of them, and they could illustrate and write a story about it. Children could also create their own book portraying themselves in silly illustrations just as this book did, and write about themselves in a humorous light. This book is also great to use during phonics lessons that focus on rhyming words. I usually like to read this book at the beginning of the year with my Kindergartners because it is a great resource when we are learning about social skills and how to treat others.
Potential Problems or Difficulties: The only problem that I foresee is that there is one sentence about possible names that the girl might get called. Young children might think that this is funny and that name calling is okay. When I read this book to my Kindergarten students, we talk about how name calling hurts people's feelings.
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I'm glad you think about how to address ways that we need to treat others with respect through the book. Try and read some books you haven't read before!
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