Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis

Genre: Fiction
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Awards/Honor: School Library Journal Best Award
Pages: 40

Summary:

This story is about a little girl who enjoys her parents telling her about the night she was born. The little girl was adopted but her parents tells her about how cute she was as a baby, how they flew on a plane to go pick her up when they received the call that she was born, and even why her real mother gave her up.

Personal rating and explanation:

I rate this book as being great because it shows children that even though they may or may not have a tradition family each and everyone of them is special.

Reading level: 3.9
Interest level: K-2

Integrated Units:

Writing: Have the children make a booklet about their family using number words in their writing to represent the number of family members. Math and Science: After reading this book we'll talk about our body parts and what each part does. The children will then draw a picture of themselves and label each part using number and/or number words (ex. one hand, five fingers, one right foot with five toes...).

Potential Problems or Difficulties:
This can be a sensitive topic.