This book is beautiful! There is a ton of information. It isn't so much about the first day of school, but about school and children around the world.
Topics/activities that could emerge:
- non-fiction texts don't have a beginning, middle and end. You could jump around and read stories from countries that the children were interested in
- We could do a writing assignment about their first day of school or maybe even what their parents remember from school when they were growing up, especially if many of the children are from another country.
- Mapping activity - break the story apart and make a big map that shows all their experiences on an annotated map
Goodreads says:
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and artist Juanita Londoño, this lyrical celebration of the first day of school across every continent explores what going back to school looks like for children in countries around the world!
How do children around the world spend their first day of school?
Some eat warm akara for breakfast in Nigeria, while others unwrap lunches of kluski in Poland. In China, they practice intricate characters in special notebooks, and in Argentina, they learn each other's names in a sing-song memory game. No matter where in the world, every student has something new to look forward to on their first day!
From Ethiopia to Germany to India to Brazil, this lyrical text introduces young listeners to the breakfast-to-bedtime routines, cultures, and landscapes that connect people across all continents.
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