My Family's Clothing-Day 26 Picture Book Month

Picture Book Month Day 26 theme: Clothing

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Mama's Sari

by Pooja Makhjani

Mama's Sari is one of my favorite books in my library. It celebrates a special stage in mother daughter relationships. Little girls love to dress up and look just like their mothers. This must be true in all cultures. 

Mama's Saris is a perfect balance of elegant language and rich illustrations. It is a wonderful mother daughter story. 

On her seventh birthday, a young girl watches as her mother sorts through her collection of saris made of elegant fabrics and shimmering colors like a black chiffon that is the color of the night sky. She listens intently as her mother tells how each one has been worn for special occasions such as the day her daughter was born and brought home from the hospital. Granting her birthday wish, her mother lets her select a sari to wear for her birthday celebration. Mama carefully and expertly wraps a beautiful blue sari around her daughter and offers her matching bangles to wear and a bindi on her forehead as a final touch. 

Mama's Sari pairs up nicely with this book:

What Can You Do With a Rebozo?

by Carmen Tafolla

Colorfully illustrated rhyming book a young girl describes the many useful things one can do with a rebozo. It can become a superhero's cape, a baby cradle, and a warm blanket on a cool night. 

A rebozo is a traditional shawl worn in Mexico and in Mexican American households. 

 

Goal!

Picture Book Month

Day 24 theme: Sports

Author/Illustrator of the Day: Don Tate

In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball.  They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions! But when a crew of bullies tries to steal their ball, will Ajani and his friends be able to beat them at their own game?

Goal is one of my favorite sports books because it captures the joy that football, or soccer as we in America call it, brings to kids around the world and incorporates multicultural literature into the classroom. Goal also captures the ingenuity of children's thinking when it comes to dealing with bullies. For American children, it offers a glimpse into a world different than their own. The illustrations are bold and action pack and the energy of the story snatches you up having you look left, then right and aiming for your own goal. A wonderful read aloud for everyone who loves the joy of a game well played and for children triumphing bad things in the world.

GOAL Resources

Hear Mina Javaherbin tell why she wrote Goal and hear an excerpt from Goal.

Bluebonnet Book Club GOAL!

Map Activity: Ajani and his friends live in South Africa. Take a look at this interactive map of Africa. Once you locate South Africa, click on it to learn more.

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