BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-2), EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: SEVERAL
Our young narrator asks her father to read her a bedtime story, only to find out that her father gets nervous reading aloud. So during the course of the story, both the narrator and her father learn to face their fears together using positive visualizations.
My first thought was what a wonderful example of non-toxic masculinity, to see a father-figure character admit to having fears (in what turns out to be some sort of reading impairment), but then to also see that father-figure work to overcome those fears. Secondly, the author based the book off of her experiences with a parent that learned English as a second language, and it helped me further appreciate this text, dedicated to all those parents who have to face their fears, especially in a foreign language. A positive parent-child relationship, a positive storyline, and great characters. Love it!
Kiera, ELA teacher, #bookswithbeddes
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