Book review : Mama I'll give you the world by Roni Schotter

Book: Mama I'll give you the world 

Author : Roni Schotter 

Age : 4 plus 

A book with expressive illustrations and a beautiful storyline .

         

Everyday after school Luisa's  school bus drops her at Walters world of beauty, the place where her mom works . Being a single parent her mom  works hard to make Luisa's  future secure and bright.

Mom makes a place for Luisa  to sit and do her work as according to her "First things first", Luisa does her homework and patiently watches the way her mom colors the customers hair .She loves the way mama curls.Mama keeps all the tips she receive in a secure cover which she collects for Luisa's college.

Every day mama says to Luisa " the world is too big and lot of things to learn and explore , if possible one day I will give the world to you".Mama loves to dance when Luisa's  father was there, but now she doesn't and never smiles too, according to Luisa if mama smiles she looks like the prettiest flower in the world  

   

But Luisa has a different plan , tomorrow is mama's birthday , so she plans to give the world to mama and how she does is the rest of the story .

Being brought up by a single mom this book holds a special place in our library, a book to honour the hardworking parents.       

Book Review : Willow

Book : Willow | Author :Denise Brennan nelson , Rosemarie Brennan | Illustrator : Cyd Moore | Genre : PictureBook | Age : 3 plus ..

An excellent book to be read by all the parents who are the natural teachers to their kids.

 

StoryLine :

These are the first lines "Even on the sunniest days Miss Hawthorn's art room 

was cold and dark" and it says all.

Miss hawthorn is an art teacher and she is very strict, she wants everything in her class to be perfect, neat ..no broken crayons , children's should sit still in rows like eggs in carton . Everyone followed it blindly , except Willow . 

Willow doesn't like or want to be  a robot , she broke crayons , her eyes were always out of window.Miss hawthorn tells the students to make pictures of tree , all trees were having straight brown trunks and round green tops , except willow's her tree was all pink. Anyone have heard of a pink tree ? the teacher asks angrily, that is what I see when I close my eyes , willow replies with confidence .

Continues a sequence of events where in every class the art teacher gets irritated because of willow's creativity . 

During a winter break everything changes , miss hawthorn art room was bright and kids were allowed to be themselves , all because of willow. 

What she did and how she changed the thinking and approach of the teacher is the 

rest of  the story.

Review :

As said Teachers are those who plants the seeds of knowledge in kids and it becomes the responsibility of us parents who have been  the natural teachers for  them , to plant the seed of belief in our kids .

If they are not able to replicate the things as such in art or other medium of learning ,then it doesn't mean they are lacking something or lagging behind , it means they have the ability to see things from different angles .

Let the kids be creative , don't kill their imagination is the strong message ,  conveyed by the author with beautiful illustrations.