So Much by Trish Cooke
Title: So Much
Author/Illustrator: Trish Cooke/Helen Oxenbury
Genre: Multicultural Fiction
Age group: 3-6
This book was about how one family loved the baby so much. Everyone wanted to squeeze, hug, kiss, eat, fight the baby, but most of all they wanted to love the baby. It started with just being the mother and the baby at home util they hear a "Ding Dong" at the door and they have their first family member over who is Aunt Bibba. As the story went on each family member had their own way of expressing love to this baby as we see throughout their arrival at the door. So first it was Aunt Bibba who wanted to squeeze the baby, then uncle Didi came and he wanted to kiss the baby, Nannie and Gran-Gran wanted to eat the baby (figuratively of course because babies are just so chunky), the two cousins, Kay-Kay and Ross, and Ross wanted to wrestle with the baby, and once the house was full they didn't expect anyone else to arrive. But once the father returned home we see that they were going to have a birthday party for him and they all celebrated him. At first glance, I wouldn't have thought someone was going to be celebrating a birthday or anything, but this shows how families gather for parties, especially those who are African-American, or come from large families.
The baby was surrounded by not only his family, but his extended family, which turned into a big family gathering. This is a great example beaccuse some students in my classroom could have extended family members living with them. This book showed the fellowship that one family can have and that when it's time to go the baby didn't want to leave. Everyone had been paying attention to him all day and when he had to leave he was upset, but once he was in his crib he started playing with his Ted (which was his teddy bear) and he remembered all the fun things he did with his family and went to sleep knowing he was loved so much.
I would use this book in a classroom to see if any of my students are the youngest in their family, or f they have younger siblings do they get treated like that when they were growing up. We could use it as a way of getting examples from the students on how they remember growing up so far. Some students may have always been surrounded by a large group of family members, others may not have been, so this would be a great way to learn about students family dynamics. I think this book is appropriate for preschool-kindergarten children. It is a multicultural book so I think for diverse learners who come from this type of background could relate well to this book.
- Peace. Love. Giraffes.
Author/Illustrator: Trish Cooke/Helen OxenburyGenre: Multicultural Fiction
Age group: 3-6
This book was about how one family loved the baby so much. Everyone wanted to squeeze, hug, kiss, eat, fight the baby, but most of all they wanted to love the baby. It started with just being the mother and the baby at home util they hear a "Ding Dong" at the door and they have their first family member over who is Aunt Bibba. As the story went on each family member had their own way of expressing love to this baby as we see throughout their arrival at the door. So first it was Aunt Bibba who wanted to squeeze the baby, then uncle Didi came and he wanted to kiss the baby, Nannie and Gran-Gran wanted to eat the baby (figuratively of course because babies are just so chunky), the two cousins, Kay-Kay and Ross, and Ross wanted to wrestle with the baby, and once the house was full they didn't expect anyone else to arrive. But once the father returned home we see that they were going to have a birthday party for him and they all celebrated him. At first glance, I wouldn't have thought someone was going to be celebrating a birthday or anything, but this shows how families gather for parties, especially those who are African-American, or come from large families.
The baby was surrounded by not only his family, but his extended family, which turned into a big family gathering. This is a great example beaccuse some students in my classroom could have extended family members living with them. This book showed the fellowship that one family can have and that when it's time to go the baby didn't want to leave. Everyone had been paying attention to him all day and when he had to leave he was upset, but once he was in his crib he started playing with his Ted (which was his teddy bear) and he remembered all the fun things he did with his family and went to sleep knowing he was loved so much.
I would use this book in a classroom to see if any of my students are the youngest in their family, or f they have younger siblings do they get treated like that when they were growing up. We could use it as a way of getting examples from the students on how they remember growing up so far. Some students may have always been surrounded by a large group of family members, others may not have been, so this would be a great way to learn about students family dynamics. I think this book is appropriate for preschool-kindergarten children. It is a multicultural book so I think for diverse learners who come from this type of background could relate well to this book.
- Peace. Love. Giraffes.
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