I thought that this book was an interesting story about a town that was in the middle of the world war one. I thought the aspect of the mortar destroying the bakery and making the people come together is the lesson that children need to learn.
pickHistorical fiction and was written in 2017. This book is about a young living in a country that was at war and selling flowers to make his keep. It begins with the boy's father and him selling flowers to everyone. The war had come and this meant that his father would have to leave. Drakso had to take care of the flowers on his own. One day a mortar took out a bakery up the street and killed people. This made the town come together.
pick#OctoberXFiles Day 1: This cellist is essentially #BitinTheBullet as he continues to play music even after the devastation wreaked by the bombing of Bosnia. I was moved by this narrative that demonstrated courage, beauty, strength of purpose – without articulating all those words. One could simply feel it through Drasko‘s resolve mirrored by this undaunted musician who found – and created – beauty in the Sarajevo rubble. https://wp.me/pDlzr-gIM
pickDrasko and his father run a flower booth in Sarajevo. When his father goes to war, Drasko is left o run the booth alone and navigate the street vendor politics.
When a bomb explodes on the street, Drasko and others look for ways to show kindness and make Sarajevo beautiful once again.
This is a great picture book for grade schoolers, and lends itself to talking about war and building empathy.
pickTalking to kids about war is not easy or fun. For many, the ideas are too far away. It‘s not here, it‘s not now. This beautifully illustrated book makes it here and now. It places the reader in Drasko‘s shoes as he waits for his dad to return from war, while also keeping family and himself safe. The book is not too harsh or real to share with younger ones, but at the same time is not so simple and dumbed down to make it irrelevant.
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