Story File
By: Danica DesRoches
Introductory Language and Literacy for EA's
Credenda Virtual College
Courtney Goerzen
The Skin You Live In
Author: Michael Tyler
Illustrator: David Lee Csicsko
Age Group: 4-8 years
Publisher: Chicago Children's Museum
Copyright: 2005
Summary- This story focuses on all the different colors of skin. It has rhyming verses that are cute and fun for children. It emphasizes on skin, being something that is individually different, can also have similarities. Some of these similarities are skin that you can sleep in, dream in, eat in, play outside in. This book teaches children to be happy with the skin they were born with. It also teaches children to accept others who look different than they do.
The Cow That Went Oink
Author: Bernard Most
Illustrator: Bernard Most
Age Group: 3-5
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 1990
Summary- This book is about a cow that says oink instead of moo. The cow gets laughed at. The cow then finds a pig who says moo. They decide to teach each other both moo and oink. They get the last laugh because all the other animals can only say one thing. This story teaches the importance of helping others even if they are different.
Don't Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability
Author: Pat Thomas
Illustrator: Lesley Harker
Age Group: 4-8
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Copyright: 2002
Summary- This book is about people with physical disabilities. The book points out that we are all different and everyone has there strengths and weaknesses. It also explains that children with disabilities need different kinds of help, and what that may be. This book is a great tool for children to help them learn about disabilities. It gives the children a better understanding and teaches them acceptance.
Whoever You Are
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Leslie Staub
Age Group: 4-8
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 2006
Summary- This book tells a story that even though children live all over the world and have different nationalities, races, and languages they still feel the same emotions. It explains that there hearts can feel the same things. This book teaches children about peace, and acceptance. Even though children can live all over the world and do different things they can still love the same as you.
My Brother Charlie
Author: Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete
Illustrator: Shane Evans
Age Group: 6-8
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Copyright: 2010
Summary- This book is co-written by the author and her daughter. Her daughter tells the story about her brother Charlie who has autism. She describes there similarities such as: their looks and likes. She also describes there differences. She talks about the unique things that Charlie does. Those unique things make Charlie who he is, and his family loves him for that. This book teaches children about autism and talks about the different traits autistic children have.
The Crayon Box that Talked
Author: Shane DeRolf
Illustrator: Michael Letzig
Age Group: 3-7
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 1997
Summary- This book is about different colors of crayons living in the same box, who could not get along. They did not like each other. A little girl takes the crayons home and starts to color with them. The crayons realize that the picture they make together is very exciting. More so than the pictures they make individually. This book teaches children to work together, even if they are different, and to accept ones differences.
Families Are Different
Author: Nina Pellegrini
Illustrator: Nina Pellegrini
Age Group: 4-8
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright: 1991
Summary- This book is about a young Korean girl who feels she is different from all her friends. Her friends and their families all look a like, but she does not look like hers. She was adopted. Her mother tells her that no matter how different families are each family has love holding them together. The little girl goes on to explore her city and finds a lot of diversity in families. That is when she realizes that she is just like everyone else. This book teaches children that families can look different then their own.