The #MiddleGradeMonday prompt this week was to share books with a number in the title. I completely forgot to check my shelf then, but today I found these.
I tagged Fourmile as it and other books by Watt Key are often well liked by some of my more reluctant readers and also not as well known as I think they should be.
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“If Evan's garden couldn't be a happy place, then he was going to make it the most saddest place around.“
I would read this book in my classroom to show my students that grief is normal but it can get better. Or if there was a loss of a loved one or a pet of one of my students, I would read this to the other students to help them understand.
pickIn this 2918 picture book, Evan and his dog do everything together, but one day the dog dies. A heartbroken Evan destroyed the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes filled with worms and thorns has he embraces the chaos. In the garden, a twisting vine becomes a pumpkin and this gives Evan the hope to go out and form new friendships.
