Hudson TalbottRecensioni

Gr 1–3—With a directness similar to Jordan Scott's I Talk Like a River, this story addresses the stigma surrounding
dyslexia. While drawing is like breathing for the boy, he knows he is the slowest reader in his class. Talbott brilliantly
illuminates the feeling of dyslexia through his watercolor and colored pencil illustrations, offering hope to struggling
readers and an avenue of understanding for others.

I really enjoyed Hudson Talbot's text and illustrations to inspire all readers and those who may be disheartened by "slow reading". I remember feeling that pressure in reading groups in grade school. Talbott discovers it is all right to read at your own pace and the savor the words. While now early readers and/or struggling readers have more resources and support than Talbot did in school, the feelings and frustrations may be the same.

Gorgeously illustrated story of the quilts slaves would sew to show the path to the underground railroad.

Jaap Penraat can't understand the Germans' hatred of his Jewish neighbors in his hometown of Amsterdam. As the restrictions multiply and the violence escalates, Jaap knows he must take action to help his friends. He begins by using his father's printing press to forge identification cards and papers for Jewish neighbors and refugees, but as the Nazi grasp tightens, he is forced to take a more drastic path - leading 20 Jews on the dangerous first leg of a journey to Paris, the start of the underground pipeline to safety. This initial group of 20 men is only the beginning; the number eventually grows to over four hundred Jews saved from certain death by Jaap Penraat's heroic efforts, brought to life in this vivid retelling.

Amazing book! It tells the reader that it is okay to not be a prolific reader at the beginning. Learning to read takes time and practice, but you eventually get there. Then when you get there your adventure truly begins.

This book is about the author's own journey with dyslexia and how he came to find his confidence with himself. This book has beautiful illustrations and helps students to see that just because you don't do something just like everyone else or in the same time as everyone else doesn't mean you aren't talented and capable in your own way.

This book is about a child struggling with a reading disability, potentially dyslexia. He doesn’t read very quickly and feels defeated as a result. He eventually grows to feel confident in his slow reading and thrives in his “walk in the words”. Recommended for all elementary grades K-5.

OK. Although I liked the basic story line, I disliked the choppy poetry. Some of it didn't even seem to be clear. My favorite page was the one with the incline and all the people walking uphill with the quotes under the hill.

OK. Although I liked the basic story line, I disliked the choppy poetry. Some of it didn't even seem to be clear. My favorite page was the one with the incline and all the people walking uphill with the quotes under the hill.

This book would be good for primary and intermediate aged students. This book is an autobiography about the author Hudson Talbott and his struggle with learning to read. The little boy in the books explains that he was always the slowest reader and struggles with the amount of words on the page. This book goes through using a pathway of stones of familiar words to figure out the rest of the words. This book celebrates reading slowly and taking in all parts of a story. This book would be good to talk about reading in general and reading slowly to take in the story.

I loved this book! It is about a little boy learning how to read at his own pace even though he was not as quick as his classmates. This book really highlights that people read, learn, and comprehend at different paces, but this does not make them better or less than others. I think this would be a great book to have in the classroom or for a read-aloud in an early class where students are learning how to recognize words. This book also explains what the boy did to continue reading and how he learned to read more text. Good for 1-4 grade.

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Packed full of bright, engaging pictures and punchy, oddball humor, this book is a great off-the-wall introduction not only to America's state birds but any number of random state-related facts. Be prepared to answer questions on some of the more outlandish---and absurdly presented---details, though. (Is Arizona's state neckwear really the bolo tie? Yes. Did they really forget Alaska's state flower? No, but it is the forget-me-not.)

Framed as a pageant and competition among all the state birds for the "top tweet," this whimsical, fact-filled book introduces all the state birds alphabetically by state. On each page, there is the state name, shape, nickname, and capital, as well as the state bird, and a handful of other interesting facts, such as state sport, state flower, state food, state motto (though these are not consistent, i.e. pages include some but not all of these). There are sometimes nods to famous people from the state, or famous things invented there, but the birds take center stage. And in the end, no "top tweet" is chosen: instead, all the birds join together to sing "America the Beautiful."

There is no back matter, but there is a map of the US in the front, and a small head-and-shoulders portrait of each bird, identified by the state's two-letter abbreviation.½

Schneider Family Honor Book

The narrator describes his love for drawing and his love for stories, and how he struggles to read as fast as his classmates in school. Eventually he realizes that he simply needs to go at his own pace; he allows illustrations and.or words he knows to lead him into the story.

The art, as evidenced by the cover, is marvelous, showing words as stepping stones, as dark tangled trees, as an ocean, and more. Some collage is used, a la Oliver Jeffers.

An author's note explains that "dyslexia" is a newer term; when the author/illustrator was a student, he was just called "slow."

See also: Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts

The making of "Show Ways" or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves.

This is a lovely, delightful, wondrously illustrated book which imagines the Statue of Liberty traveling about the United States. Why are there only three members who own this? It may be a picture book, but it is written for adults who will recognize and appreciate all the artistic references.½

A tribute to the Hudson River’s strategic, economic, and cultural signi cance. Superb interplay of text and illustrations unfolds chronologically from the last Ice Age into the present.

I really liked this kid focused explanation of the experiences of enslaved peoples.

Soonie has just turned seven years old. She lives on land in South Carolina as a sharecropper. She sews pieces on a patchwork quilt called a Show Way. Like most quilt patterns, a Show Way tells a story — but beyond that, a Show Way can serve as a guidebook or map. Soonie, like her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, makes these quilts, even though it is past reconstruction. They might not be needed as maps to escape to the North any longer, but Show Ways are still needed. This method of quilting unites 8 generations of Black women (which features the ancestry of the author), showing how the impacts of enslavement as well as the legacy of enormous courage, artistry, storytelling, and way-finding live on. I loved and was moved by this genius work of storytelling, both visual and written.

SHOW WAY tells the generational story of a family from days of slavery to the days of civil rights. I really liked the personal touches it added and the true relationships that developed throughout. The characters mentioned in the stories were written so beautifully and honestly that they were real, as was there story. I realize that there story, though maybe not entirely their own, was true for many at the time. Woodson did not generalize the experience of many African Americans in her stories, she gave them a face and name to be remembered in her beautiful books so that history would not go on and "lose their name".

I loved how some of the pages were painted as if they were quilts telling the story.
This story was very nicely told. The main characters family has been in slavery for years, and the way they coped was through sewing and family. They all worked hard and got through it together, and eventually even became a free family. They made extra money selling the quilts they hand made. At the end of the book, the whole family is highlighted by the amazing things they grew up to do.