pick#SchoolSpirit Day 23: #Bicycle - The entire story is uplifting, irreverent, and filled with energy. The Afterword written by both the author and the illustrator is also illuminating as it speaks of their influences, their background, and the visual codes embedded in the narrative. Definitely a must-read and must-have. My review of two picturebooks about #Bicycle: https://wp.me/pDlzr-lDS
I would do an activity by giving a piece of paper to each student and letting them make something out of it. Then telling them to change it into something else until there was nothing less. After this, I would have the students write about their experiences.
“ So Joseph made a book about it. Which shows... you can always make something after nothing“
pickJoseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback, 1999 Caldecott winner. The imagery is very colorful and brings joy to the book. The words are also limited per page focusing on illustrations and the details within them and it is kind of like finding different pictures and figures per page.
Joseph had a little button. One day he lost it. Now he had nothing. So Joseph made a book about it. Which shows... you can always make something out of nothing.
I have not read many children's books about repurposing items! I like the message this can send to children, especially since we live in a time of a lot of unnecessary waste.
