Words by: Matt De La Peña
Pictures by: Christian Robinson
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grades: PK-5
Awards: Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor
This story follows CJ and his grandma taking the bus right after church. CJ keeps asking his grandma on why they have to take the bus instead of riding in a car. His grandma insists that there is more interesting people you encounter on the bus than you would in a car. CJ and his grandma talk about how the bus driver, Mr. Dennis, always shows them a magic trick. Grandma and CJ meet a man that is blind. He explains that he sees the world with his ears and nose. Grandma and CJ listened to the man with a guitar playing a song, that gave them imagination when they closed their eyes. Grandma and CJ get off at the last stop on Market Street and taken in the beauty of what people would see a dirty street with old buildings. Grandma and CJ make their way to the soup kitchen, where CJ is happy that they took the bus.
I would love to have this book in my classroom as we see CJ and his grandma taking in the beauty of their own neighborhood just by taking the bus. I think this book would be great for grades from PreK to all the way to fifth grade. The students can do an assignment on sequencing of who grandma and CJ encountered on the bus. I can also have the students write about what they see if they take the public bus with their family. The students write a short paragraph on what they think is beautiful about their own neighborhood.
Pictures by: Christian Robinson
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grades: PK-5
Awards: Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor
This story follows CJ and his grandma taking the bus right after church. CJ keeps asking his grandma on why they have to take the bus instead of riding in a car. His grandma insists that there is more interesting people you encounter on the bus than you would in a car. CJ and his grandma talk about how the bus driver, Mr. Dennis, always shows them a magic trick. Grandma and CJ meet a man that is blind. He explains that he sees the world with his ears and nose. Grandma and CJ listened to the man with a guitar playing a song, that gave them imagination when they closed their eyes. Grandma and CJ get off at the last stop on Market Street and taken in the beauty of what people would see a dirty street with old buildings. Grandma and CJ make their way to the soup kitchen, where CJ is happy that they took the bus.
I would love to have this book in my classroom as we see CJ and his grandma taking in the beauty of their own neighborhood just by taking the bus. I think this book would be great for grades from PreK to all the way to fifth grade. The students can do an assignment on sequencing of who grandma and CJ encountered on the bus. I can also have the students write about what they see if they take the public bus with their family. The students write a short paragraph on what they think is beautiful about their own neighborhood.
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