One Green Apple
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001JDPY5I |
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| Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. They show her downcast silence and sense of isolation because she can't speak the language, her shy smile when a classmate befriends her, and, finally, her triumphant smile as she speaks one of her first English words, App-ell. Later, when she puts a green apple into the cider press instead of a ripe red one as her classmates have done, they protest. All rights reserved. Lewin's watercolors radiate sunlight and capture the gamut of emotions that Farah experiences on this challenging second day in her new school in the U.S. This story, along with Bernard Wolf's Coming to America: A Muslim Family's Story (Lee & Low, 2003), can heighten youngsters' awareness of what it must be like to feel dif
simply beautiful, and make this book a joy to share Beth E. I've read this book to a couple of classes, 2nd and 3rd grades. I knew I had to add it to my collection because of the gentleness of the message, simply telling through one girl's experience how a community can and should reach out to the strangers and newcomers in our midst. Allowing children to imagine themselves in this situation, either as the main character or as her classmates, adds immensely to the vocabulary of kindness and acceptance so profoundly needed today, but without stirring up negative stereotypes. The illustrations are frame-worthy, simply beautiful, and make this . Great book MN Gal I read with my students who are all of Muslim faith and they enjoyed this book. It would be great to read if at a public school because my students couldn't relate to feeling different compared to their classmates since everyone at our school is of the same faith and all where similar clothes. They did say it was a great book to help others understand how the main character may be feeling.. S. Barnes said Accepting Others. Powerful message. Teaching through text is the way to grow Helps students to connect with those who are different from themselves. My students said, " We are all different but we are all the same." It is like Each Kindness but has a happy ending!
She listens and nods but doesn’t speak. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home, from dogs crunching their food to the ripple of friendly laughter. Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. As she helps the class make apple cider, Farah connects with the other students and begins to feel that she belongs.Ted Lewin’s gorgeous sun-drenched paintings and Eve Bunting’s sensitive text immediately put the reader into another child’s shoes in this timely story of a young Muslim immigrant.. It’s hard being the new kid in school, especially when you’re from another country and don’t know the language