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This book can be used in the classroom to show children how to express their feelings. It can also be used for students to see someone showing their artistic skills while enjoying, embracing their talents. 

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The Radiant Child by Jean Michel Basquiat 

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The Radiant Child by Jean Michel Basquiat 

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The book explains the life of a young boy in his house. It uses bright and bold colors to show the feelings of creativity and inspiration throughout the book. The book explains the boys artwork at his house. The boy loves art and he adds to his pictures throughout his life. It shows examples of creativity and passion. Overall, this book expresses feelings that the readers can understand through the story line and the illustrations.

Basquiat, Jean. The Radiant Child. Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

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This story can be used in the classroom to show students how to be grateful for the things given to them. Students can also be shown how to give back and respect the people who have helped you through your journey. 

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This story starts with a man saving a small mouse form being eaten by a bird. Over the story, the mouse is targeted by many different animals. Each time, the man turns the mouse into a bigger animal so he can hunt the animals trying to attack him. After the mouse was transformed into many animals, he was turned into the most royal lion. He walked through the jungle with pride and forgot what the man had done for him. He plotted to kill him but the man sent him away into the jungle to turn back into a mouse because of his ungrateful actions. The illustrator uses dark greenery to show the forest scenes. Overall, this story explains and animal that become ungrateful through pride after being saved.

Brown, Marcia. Once a Mouse…. Scribner Press,  1961.

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This story can be used in the class room to show students how to have compassion for each other. It can show students how to be welcoming to others and how to practice hospitality. 

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Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas 

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Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas 

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The story starts off by showing a family living in their home. The husband begins to welcome people passing to stay in his home with his family. Throughout the story, he says “There’s always room for one more”. He continued asking people passing to stay until the house became too full. The house broke and everyone scattered on the ground. They decided to help build a new, bigger house for everyone to stay so they could still invite more people. The illustrations are showing through many different lines and small amount of color so show chaos. Overall, the story shows how welcoming people can be and that when they have compassion for each other, positive things are done.

Leodhas, Sorche. Always Room for One More. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.

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This story can be used in the classroom for students to learn how to be grateful for things they have in their lives and/or how to pray. 

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The story is about a little girl in her bed, praying before she goes to sleep. She prays for big and small things in her life including toys or people. She prays for people close to her and far away. Small and big items around her house and different food/drinks. The author uses realistic colors to show each item that she is praying for. To summarize, the author shows students how to be thankful for the things they have in life.

Field, Rachel. Prayer for a Child. The Macmillan Company, 1944.

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This book can be used to explain the season of winter. It can also be used to sow different activities students can do in the snow or outside in the winter time. 

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This story describes a child laying in bed and waking up to the sight of snow outside his window. The child dresses appropriately for the weather and goes outside in the snow. He participates in making different activities, some alone and some with friends. He tries to save a snowball in his pockets at home but it melts. He goes out again the next day to explore more about the snow. Overall, the story show a child and their interactions with winter weather. The illustrator uses bright and blocky shapes to show the simplicity of the story and to help bring out the snow.

Keats, Ezra. The Snowy Day. Viking Press, 1962.

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This book can be well-used in the classroom to show people overcoming challenges in their lives. It can also be used for students to see someone facing their fears. 

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The book start with an elderly, small women in her home, preparing dumplings. When she loses one, she behinds to chase it. The earth breaks and she chases the dumpling underground through statues of god’s. They warn he not to go further because the oni was down there. She faced her fears and when the oni caught her she began to cook for him. After she left, she used the magic spoon to make dumplings for everyone in her town and she became rich. The author uses green tones but great detail in each illustration so the readers can see what is going on. Overall, I think this story can be used to show students that if you face your fears you can accomplish more in the end.

Mosel, Arlene. The Funny Little Woman. E. P. Dutton/Penguin Young Readers, 1972.

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This book can be used in the classroom to show the effects of hard work. It can show students the purpose of handcrafting items and making money from their own work. 

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The story portrays a man and his family living in a house. He behinds you pack his cart, being pulled by an ox. He packs as many things as he can and travels all the way to another town. He sells all the items including the ox and makes as much money as possible. Although it is far, he walks all the way home so bring a few new household items and money back to his family. They begin working again, all year, until they have made and/or collected enough items to be sold again. The book uses bright, realistic colors in the illustrations, showing what each scene would look like. To conclude, this book showed events through pictures of a man and his family and showed what hard work can do for people.

Hall, Donald. Ox-Cart Man. 1979.

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This story can be used in the classroom to show children the importance of relationships. Students are shown through this book, how to take initiative when trying to make friends even when it can be hard.  

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The Adventures of Beekle the Imaginary Friend by Dan Santat 

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The Adventures of Beekle the Imaginary Friend by Dan Santat 

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This book starts off by explaining how the character Beekle came to life and what his purpose was. In a realm where imaginary friends are born, he was the only one left behind when his friends were selected by children. He set off on his own to find the real world, along with his child. After first meeting his friend, it was hard for him to make a connection because he has never had friends.  Although, once they got to know each other, they were perfect together. The author uses simple shapes and bright colors throughout the story. Overall, this book explains the process of going out of your way to make new friends.

Santat, Dan. The Adventures of Beekle the Imaginary Friend. Little Brown and Company, 2014.

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This story could be used in the classroom to help students understand the repercussions of lying. It can also be used for students to understand the difference between stories they made up on their own or events that actually happened to them. 

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The story explains Sam’s unhealthy habit of compulsively lying. The author then explains the relationship between Tommy and Sam while including different lies she has told him. Tommy gets lost at sea, looking a baby kangaroo that Sam did not actually own. Sam lied about the things she had so Tommy could search for them but he ended up getting injured. Throughout the story, Sam’s dad tries to explain the different between real things and “moonshine” (lies). Towards the end of the story Sam’s father brings her a gerbil but she still calls it a baby kangaroo. After bringing to to Tommy to help cheer him up, the animal was named after her dad’s speech about “moonshine”. The book also used light markings and very diminished color for the illustrations. To conclude, the story provides examples or Sam lying and people later facing the consequences.

Ness, Eveline. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.

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This book can be used in class to explain what a shadow is but to also help students understand that sometimes you can not outrun problems in life. 

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The story provides various examples of where and when a shadow can be visible to the human eye. It explains the characteristics of a shadow along the way. People outside are portrayed in the illustrations of the book to further explain what shadows look like with the moon and the sun out. The book also used many vibrant colors. Overall, this book covers different times when shadows can be seen by humans and what the various traits are for someone to recognize their shadow

Brown, Marcia. Shadow. Scribner, 1982.