Week 4 blog

for my last recommendation i suggest reading Brown Angels by Walter Dean Myers. this is a lovely collection of photographs and poems. the pictures are all photos of children and babies. they represent African Americans and were collected by the author. the photos were found in the corner of a dusty old antique shop. the author wanted to share the photos with his award winning poems reflecting innocence, love, and life through many years. the photos take you back in time and share wonderful poems that reflect the characters in the picture. i enjoyed looking through this book and thinking about the treasured moments caught on film. i value spending time with my children when they are young because they grow so fast and time cant be reversed. i think it will make all of us think about what is really important in our lives and take a picture of the moments that are most cherished.

blog #3

a book i recommend this week is Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. its a story about a little girl that is very outgoing and loves to read. she love to read and act out the main character in the story. in school her class is going to make a play Peter-Pan. Grace of course wants to be Peter-Pan. her classmates laugh and say you are a girl and Black. so therefore cant be Peter-Pan. she goes home sad and her grandmother and mom talk to her. they tell her you can be anything you want . Grandma takes her for a walk and they see a theatre where the main actress is African American. Grace is so motivated and happy to see that she realizes she can do the same too. she goes to school the next day and is very excited to make an audition. she does well and her classmates have a great respect for her. Grace gets the part for Peter-Pan. grandma and mama are so happy and tell her if you put your mind to it you can do whatever you want. its a wonderful story that will motivate students and children to be all they can no matter the barriers between them.