BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
The little girl remembers life before the wind came and the devastation when it arrived. The wreck of their home seems hopeless, but just a tiny bit of levity helps lift all hearts. The family salvages what they can and drives away.
While the story is tender and heartfelt, I am unsettled by kids thinking that families who go through a disaster can simply pick up everything and walk away – economically that is pretty much impossible for anyone who isn’t independently wealthy. And if this book is set in the past, like during the 1920’s, that is unclear, so not helpful. The family is Black.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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