About this book:
This is a book that every student can relate to. Although it has many pictures of African American children and can relate to them more, it gives lessons for every child. It is a poem-style picture book that has pictures of children mainly in the elementary to middle school ages and each one discusses something about them or their family. Some things that they discuss might be from the way they look and problems that they face and how they are able to resist those negative thoughts that some people around them might say.
What comes from this book:
This book gives kids a fresh way to look at themselves. Kids around the middle school age are so interested in what others think about themselves that the way they look impacts how they feel about themselves. By reading this, it can remind them that other kids struggle with the same feelings and that everyone has at least one thing that they aren't so secure with, but that they also have at least one thing that they really thrive on.
Classroom uses for this book:
Reading this book to your elementary or middle school students can be a huge impact for them, especially if they're struggling with looking different from their peers. This can be a great opening for a project or a writing assignment about themselves. The kids in the book pick different aspects about themselves that they either like or are different from other people and choose to write a poem-style response about it. You can give your kids the opportunity to do the same. It helps with their writing and challenges them to really explore themselves.
Further information about this book:
Grimes, Nikki, and Myles C. Pinkney. It's Raining Laughter. New York: Dial for Young Readers, 1997. Print. ISBN: 0-8037-2003-3
This is a book that every student can relate to. Although it has many pictures of African American children and can relate to them more, it gives lessons for every child. It is a poem-style picture book that has pictures of children mainly in the elementary to middle school ages and each one discusses something about them or their family. Some things that they discuss might be from the way they look and problems that they face and how they are able to resist those negative thoughts that some people around them might say.
What comes from this book:
This book gives kids a fresh way to look at themselves. Kids around the middle school age are so interested in what others think about themselves that the way they look impacts how they feel about themselves. By reading this, it can remind them that other kids struggle with the same feelings and that everyone has at least one thing that they aren't so secure with, but that they also have at least one thing that they really thrive on.
Classroom uses for this book:
Reading this book to your elementary or middle school students can be a huge impact for them, especially if they're struggling with looking different from their peers. This can be a great opening for a project or a writing assignment about themselves. The kids in the book pick different aspects about themselves that they either like or are different from other people and choose to write a poem-style response about it. You can give your kids the opportunity to do the same. It helps with their writing and challenges them to really explore themselves.
Further information about this book:
Grimes, Nikki, and Myles C. Pinkney. It's Raining Laughter. New York: Dial for Young Readers, 1997. Print. ISBN: 0-8037-2003-3