Diverse Perspectives Children's Literature Book Blog
Title: Paper Wishes
Author: Lois Sepahban
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Copyright: 2016
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 192
Genre: Multicultural/Diverse Culture's Children's Literature
Teaching students about the bombing of Pearl Harbor is common in most classrooms in our country. What we might not be doing is giving our young learners a different perspective. In the book Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban, the author introduces us to Manami. She is a young girl of Japanese American descent who lives with her parents and grandfather in Washington state. When the United States entered World War II, Manami and her family are forcibly relocated to an internment camp in the desert of California. Taking only a few of their things, the family is faced with hardships and numerous challenges as they settle into their new lives. In spite of these unfortunate events, Manami and her family work together to overcome adversity with grace and strength.
Connection to the classroom: This book would be ideal for the 8 to 12 year old range. Taking the text and reading together would be a good way to help students work through questions they might have. You can integrate history by discussing World War II. Social studies could be introduced by talking about the geography and the different cultures that are mentioned in this text. A writing assignment for language arts could accompany this as well. Students could write on the topic of how they would have felt if they were in a similar situation.
Genre: Multicultural/Diverse Culture's Children's Literature
Teaching students about the bombing of Pearl Harbor is common in most classrooms in our country. What we might not be doing is giving our young learners a different perspective. In the book Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban, the author introduces us to Manami. She is a young girl of Japanese American descent who lives with her parents and grandfather in Washington state. When the United States entered World War II, Manami and her family are forcibly relocated to an internment camp in the desert of California. Taking only a few of their things, the family is faced with hardships and numerous challenges as they settle into their new lives. In spite of these unfortunate events, Manami and her family work together to overcome adversity with grace and strength.
Connection to the classroom: This book would be ideal for the 8 to 12 year old range. Taking the text and reading together would be a good way to help students work through questions they might have. You can integrate history by discussing World War II. Social studies could be introduced by talking about the geography and the different cultures that are mentioned in this text. A writing assignment for language arts could accompany this as well. Students could write on the topic of how they would have felt if they were in a similar situation.
Great book choice for this genre! Children will enjoy the story from the little girl's point of view and they will easily comprehend the historic event. Thanks for sharing!
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