A. Author:
Michele Benoit Slawson
B. Title: Signs
For Sale
C. Photographs:
Bagram Ibatoulline
D. Readability: 3.5
E. Genre: Realistic
F. Subgenre:
G. Theme: Fathers
and Daughters, Selling, History
H. Primary
and secondary characters: Daughter and PaPa
I. Award(s)
date of publication:
J. Publishing
company: Penguin Books
K. ISBN
number:0-670-03568-8
L. Brief
summary: A traveling sales man and his daughter hit the roads selling neon
signs! The daughter takes photos of all the stops, ensuring to get the buyers
point of view. They ride through town in their light blue convertible, helping
out all their previous buyers and even making a sale to a man who promises he
will never buy a neon sign. As the book comes to an end, the daughter aspires
to be just like her father, selling millions of signs and making cities light
up with enthusiasm.
M.
Description of how you would use the
book with students: This book can be used to tell children to follow their
dreams. At the start the drug store owner, would not buy the sign, but because
the daughter had careful words and persistence she got her goal! It also can be
used when discussing the 1950’s, this story has a traveling salesmen, which
today we do not see many if any of. Students can use this to make their own
traveling sales and have a presentation that is a pitch of their best idea!
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