Mirror
By Jeannie Baker
Two cultures, two different stories. A picture book about two boys, two families and two totally different lifestyles. It follows one boy living in a city in Australia and another in Morocco, North Africa.
A unique book, in which is completely wordless, shows how two cultures looking totally different and being different can and will have similarities to connect to each other no matter where they live.
A great book that allows students to see and interpret every day life in other cultures and how they can relate it to their own life and culture. Without words, there are many ideas, understandings, concepts and meaning in which the author was able to portray just through her artwork.
A true picture book.
I like the fact that there is nothing but pictures.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's catered for younger kids, but I think that it could cater to many different ages. Kids could draw their own perspective as they look at it. You could even create their own words for each page and see the different perspectives of the same book. Then afterwards you could show them the history behind that book and what the author actually meant. A picture is worth a thousand words, so it should be a cool activity.
This seems like a great picture book to show a child who is learning about new cultures. This is important when children are noticing differences of how their families are. This also seems to illustrate the point of we are all different but the same.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting book. It's a really good book to use when talking to students about cultures because it is easy to identify with people whose culture is similar to ours, but definitely more difficult to identitfy with ones whose are way different from ours. Plus this book definitely shows it more than tells it, which can be more impactful to the kids.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very interesting book. I like the fact that it is only a picture book so it leaves space for the reader's imagination and own personal interpretation of the story. I agree that this would be a great book for teaching students about the similarities that can be found in different cultures, as well as teaching students to be more accepting of diversity.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds awesome! I love that it is only a picture book so that the students have the chance to let their imagination roam with the pictures and what the author is trying to convey to the reader. I agree that it is easier to identify with people who have the same or similar culture that we do.
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