Author / Illustrator: Oge Mora
Genre: Multicultural
Major Awards: 2019 Caldecott Honor, 2019 Coretta Scott King, 2019 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Age Group: PreKindergarten - 2nd
Summary: Omu was making a thick, red stew for her dinner and was really looking forward to it. She let it simmer while she went to go read her book. As she let it simmer, various people came to knock on her door because they smelled the delicious, thick, red stew out her kitchen window. Omu gives some of the stew to each person, but in the end she didn't have any stew for herself. She was sad when it was time to eat her dinner. Suddenly, there was a knock and Omu went to answer it. All the people who knocked on her door from before came to give Omu something to eat in return. The little boy had given her a thank you note and it made Omu really happy. Even though her pot was empty of red stew, her heart was full of happiness and love.
Genre: Multicultural
Major Awards: 2019 Caldecott Honor, 2019 Coretta Scott King, 2019 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Age Group: PreKindergarten - 2nd
Summary: Omu was making a thick, red stew for her dinner and was really looking forward to it. She let it simmer while she went to go read her book. As she let it simmer, various people came to knock on her door because they smelled the delicious, thick, red stew out her kitchen window. Omu gives some of the stew to each person, but in the end she didn't have any stew for herself. She was sad when it was time to eat her dinner. Suddenly, there was a knock and Omu went to answer it. All the people who knocked on her door from before came to give Omu something to eat in return. The little boy had given her a thank you note and it made Omu really happy. Even though her pot was empty of red stew, her heart was full of happiness and love.
Evaluation & Comments:
I would love to use this book in my classroom library! I think it is important to teach students about building a community relationship like how Omu and her community members did with each other. Our students should learn about the positivity of having a support system and giving as much as you can to the best of their ability. I would also have my students notice the details, or at least the characters/situations, that are going on throughout the book. I thought this was a good book because of the illustrations being in collage style and colorful. As for the words and plot, it was really repetitive, which is good for younger readers from prekindergarten to around second grade.
For an activity, I would have my students write a thank you note to someone they are grateful for. This could be a friend, family member, neighbor, or a teacher. This would be interesting because I would try to recreate the pot of stew with letters instead to make it fun.
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