Draw Me a Star

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Ranked the 64th most challenged book between 2010-2019, as reported to the American Library Association.

The artist in this story draws a variety of celestial objects, humans, and animals. What is truly heartwarming is the ode to Carle‘s grandmother‘s trick of drawing a star, which is introduced in the story. I adore Carle‘s illustrations and was surprised I had yet to read this. So glad I did! Letter D #BBRC #PictureBook

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Bookwomble I hesitate to ask, but what could possibly be objectionable about an Eric Carle book? 2y

Librarybelle @Bookwomble This was challenged because the first drawing of the humans has them appear nude. You cannot tell anything from the drawing itself, except that they are not wearing clothes. 2y

Bookwomble @Librarybelle 🤦‍♂️🙄 Unbelievable! (Sadly, too believable) 2y

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Librarybelle @Bookwomble I know, right??? 2y

Bookwomble @Librarybelle Funny that the same extreme conservatives don't also want to ban the Bible, which definitely has two naked people in the first chapter 🤨 2y

Librarybelle @Bookwomble Indeed! 2y

LibrarianRyan Yeah. This is why I loved banned books discussions! 2y

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Draw Me a Star | Eric Carle

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Draw Me a Star is a RF picture book written and illustrated by the very talented Eric Carle. Eric Carle won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for this piece in 2003. It is a timeless tale of a young artist artist who creates something great that all started with a simple sketch of a star. It brings together the possibilities and wonder of the world if we just put it all together. #ucflae3414su20

Ameyer32 I would use AS for this book as Eric Carle is quite the author with many children's books that all have the universal theme of wonder and possibility and allowing children of all ages to learn something new while advancing their intellect and creativity at the same time. A great UDL for this book would be 5.2, use multiple tools for construction and composition. I would allow the students draw their own illustrations for the story from memory. 4y

Ameyer32 A good ESOL strategy would be to use number 13 which is preview and review activities.
Resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/draw-me-a-star-reading-activities-7167258 Here you will find activities to go along with this text. (edited) 4y

DrSpalding I have read this book many times and while I was reading your post I made a text to text connection with The Dot by Peter H Reynolds. I agree that an author study is warranted for this beloved children‘s author! Excellent alignment. 4y

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