https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv en-us 2023-04-28 02:09:52 UTC 2025-11-16 00:03:40 UTC hello@padlet.com christopherhillier https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571183102 This book, written by Momoko Abe, is a book about a young avocado trying to figure out if he is a fruit or a vegetable. He is very distraught trying to find out where he belongs, but then he meets another person who tells him that it doesn't matter what he is, he is amazing regardless of what he is.]]> 2023-04-28 02:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571183102 christopherhillier https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571203884 This book, written by Jory John, is about a seed who acts horrible to people. He cuts in line, tells people mean things, and is always late. He tries to mend his ways throughout the book and people judge him for being bad, without looking into the reason that he acts the way he does in the first place. Throughout the course of the book he ends up apologizing for all of his actions and becomes a good seed, so to speak. This book relates to the, "Can a Children's Book Change the World", because both the book and the video show the viewer/reader that if you look through a person's color or underlying reason for the things they do, you can begin to understand and remove any of that bias or ignorance you may have and accept people for who they are.]]> 2023-04-28 02:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571203884 christopherhillier https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571230061 This book, written by Todd Parr, shows people of all kinds of different colors; blue, orange, black, and any other color you could think of. This book's message is to accept people for their uniqueness and who they are. It helps the young readers realize that it doesn't matter what color we are, we are all unique and interesting in our own way and we should be treated as such.]]> 2023-04-28 03:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571230061 christopherhillier https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571234475 All three of these books can help support personal growth for young students because they all have great messages that encourage the acceptance of everyone, regardless of what they look like. This can help begin to imprint on those young readers at an early age so they aren't shocked by someone that looks different than them when they enter pre-school or kindergarten. My favorite example of the three that help the student develop personal growth came while reading, "Avocado Asks: What Am I?", because it empowers the reader to realize that they belong wherever they want. Nobody can tell them what category they should try and fit into. They should go and do whatever they want to and they are amazing no matter what they choose.]]> 2023-04-28 03:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571234475 christopherhillier https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571238727 All three of these books teach the lesson of respect by showing the reader that they need to be able to look past the outside of another person to really understand and accept someone for who they are, because underneath everything we're all still the same. We see this especially in the book, "The Bad Seed", where the reader learns that even if someone acts bad towards others, it could be due to an underlying reason. We shouldn't just automatically think that they are mean intentionally. If we talk and try to relate to them then maybe they could open up and begin to change their ways like the main character did in the book. ]]> 2023-04-28 03:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571238727 christopherhillier https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571249102 I think that all three books can offer experiences that promote a sense of being in the reader because the messages are simple enough for even the youngest reader to understand. They can feel accomplished after reading the message and hopefully carry it out in the real world whenever they get a chance. My favorite example of this came while reading, "Be Who You Are", because this book recognized the differences between people with their silly use of skin colors, but that message was deep because it allowed the younger readers to say, "that makes sense, if someone is blue, they can still be good at the things I am good at. We are all the same underneath our skin colors". This creates that sense of being represented because it shows even more races than what are out there in the real world. The author also shows that message to help the reader accept themselves for being a different race than others. It doesn't hinder the characters, it actually makes them unique in the best way.]]> 2023-04-28 03:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherhillier/ddbk2fraewyp1pjv/wish/2571249102