From: Carling Febry <cafebry_at_wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:41 -0600

I haven't read all of the Newbery winners yet, but had read the Caldecott winners and was very excited about the chosen books. To add to Thom’s observations about "All the World," this is a story that can be read again and again—the illustrations always seem to show somethin g new at each reading and the universal themes of spending time with famili es (and taking care of communities) are positive and inviting. I also

appreciated the multiculturalism portrayed in the illustrations. Fraz ee could have depicted any assortment of characters given Scanlon’s te xt; however, she shows diversity through ethnicity, age, and gender. Her use of foreshadowing was also particularly inviting and lends itself to

prediction.

I read this story to several classrooms and realized just how importa nt the illustrations are for appreciating the book to its fullest. I sho wed the illustrations while reading, but because the text is so short, th ere didn’t seem to be enough time for students to truly discover the

illustrations (I still look at them over and over). From my experienc e, I think this is more of a sit-down and marvel at the illustrations

instead of a quick read. What have your experiences been reading this

one with youngsters?

Carling Febry

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