By: Kevin Henkes
I was originally read this book to by my Block A teacher. I hadn't read any of Kevin Henkes work before this, however, after I heard this story I decided to focus my author study on him. He writes a bunch of different books that range in topic and age appropriateness. Out of all 5 books I blogged about, this is my favorite. The main character, Chrysanthemum, is well developed. Her story is easily relatable to and one can easily put themselves in her shoes.
I would recommend this to all my students. In fact, I would highly consider reading this book a loud to my students. The main message of the story is an important one to share, and all students should be exposed to it: Be happy with who you are and what you have been given. You are unique and special.
A writing prompt could easily be pulled from this book... write a passage in your Writer's Notebook about your name. Do you like your name? What do you know about your name? Do you know where it came from? Etc. My Block A teacher this semester used the above prompts on our class and it was quite affective.
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