Title: The Other Side
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Genre: Historical Fiction
Awards: N/A
Age Group: 8-10
Summary:
This book is about two little girls who we separated by a fence, that wasn't safe for them to climb over because the fence separated the whites and blacks. The little white girl would sit on the fence and watch the little black girl play, and one day she saw the black girls playing and asked if she could join, and one of the girls said no. They saw each other in town, and the black girl watched the white girl play in the rain. Once the rain stopped, the little girls introduced themselves and both sat on the fence together. Then, they all jumped together, and when the group was tired, they sat on the fence together.
This book is about two little girls who we separated by a fence, that wasn't safe for them to climb over because the fence separated the whites and blacks. The little white girl would sit on the fence and watch the little black girl play, and one day she saw the black girls playing and asked if she could join, and one of the girls said no. They saw each other in town, and the black girl watched the white girl play in the rain. Once the rain stopped, the little girls introduced themselves and both sat on the fence together. Then, they all jumped together, and when the group was tired, they sat on the fence together.
Teacher Evaluation:
This book showed me how we try to keep things separate but eventually, things all come together. I would use this book to teach that friends come in different shades, no matter what society says, "That's just the way things are." I would also teach how we should always be kind, even when presented with something new that scares us. I will have this book in my classroom library,
I love this book.
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