i loved that the history was told through the stories characters and made it seem like the child was there with you as read it. the child's father was the one telling the story to his daughter and it made it feel more personalized and involved in the story.

While I liked the depiction of life in the High Atlas Mountains of Moracco, particularly the author’s note and glossary at the end (and the yummy descriptions of couscous), the gouache illustrations of this 2009 Zolotow Highly Commended Title were too childlike and did not really portray the culture described in the book. ( )

A girl complains about how hungry she is while waiting for her father to make dinner. He responds by telling her a story from his childhood when his family had very little to eat. ( )

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Age: Primary (3-4 grade)
Review:
A girl asks her dad, who is preparing dinner, for food because she is starving. The dad proceeds to tell her a story about when he was a child and there was a drought in Morocco, his dad went to work over the mountain and his mom and him were running low on food, so much so that at the end of the drought he had only a piece of bread the size of his palm.
The is realistic Fiction because it is a reality fro people around the world. A lot of children claim their starving and need food, while there are others around the world that eat only once a day and do not have the nourishing food need to keep them fit and well.
Use:
1) Talk about Morocco, where is it, what is it known for
2) Other children in the world, people who are really starving, be thankful for what we have
Ill. Media: Gouache ( )

Ali's story about his mom having him look for the Butter Man is heartwarming. However, I feel like the author's do not explain enough for the reader to easily understand the point behind the story of the Butter Man. The theme of the story may not be obvious to less advanced readers.