The cover
and the title made me anticipate a story about animals, but much to my
delightful surprise I found My Wild
Family by Laurent Moreau to be a book about what makes each and every one
of us special. The narrator describes each member of her family and puts a
picture of the animal she feels best represents their personality within the
confines of daily life. She tells us her brother is strong; we find her brother
on a school playground with his peers except he is a glorious gray elephant!
I have to
admit it took me a minute to grasp the person being described was an animal. I
had to flip back to the beginning and find the animal being described and then
I had an "Ah-HA" moment. Clever. The vivid colors and the scenes kept
me grinning like a fool as I kept reading this book. How great to think of my
family as animals---oh how my brain was already thinking of how to use this in
the classroom....
In the
classroom: (My favorite part)
Run to
your nearest Dollar Store and buy a pack of cheap paper plates! Now, read My Wild Family to your classroom; make
them identify the author and illustrator of the text (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6.) " With
prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the
story in which they appear" (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7.)
This ensures your students become familiar with the animal being a
representation of a member of the narrator's family.
Enlist the
help of your librarian and allow your students to go to the library to select a
book about an animal they believe they are; thus, answering the last question
the text asks, "What makes you special?"
On Sale Date: November 3, 2015
ISBN: 9781452144238
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