BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Kanzi's family is from Egypt, they speak both English and Arabic, when they were in Egypt, Kanzi's grandmother made her a beautiful quilt. Now they are back in the United States and Kanzi is starting 3rd grade at a new school. While she embraces her culture at home, Kanzi is worried about fitting in at school - does she have the right things in her lunch, what will the other kids think, will they accept Kenzi and her culture? So, when Kenzi brings the special quilt to school her teacher is inspired to make a class quilt featuring all the kids' names written in Arabic, and Kenzi's mom comes to help.
Such a nice way to celebrate the diversity of your classroom and honor the uniqueness of our bilingual/multicultural students. Includes a glossary of Arabic words and other English words derived from Arabic.
Lisa Librarian
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