Picture Book 22

A.    Author: Rachel Isadora  

B.     Title: Say Hello!

C.     Illustrator: Rachel Isadora

D.    Readability:Pre K, to 1^st grade

E.     Genre: Diversity

F.      Subgenre: Fiction

G.    Theme: Languages, City and Town Life

H.    Primary and secondary characters: Carmelita

I.       Award(s) date of publication: N/A

J.       Publishing company: G. P. Putnams Sons  

K.    ISBN number:978-0-339-25530-3

L.     Brief summary: Carmelita wakes up one day to go to her Abuela Rosa’s house. She grabs her dog, Manny. On the way down 9^th avenue, Carmelita says Buenos Dias to Enrico. She she says Shalom to Mrs. Rosen’s children. Carmelita then goes to a Japanese restaurant to say hello, she says Konichiwa! Down the street after lunch they eat lunch they run into Joseph and his parents from Kenya, they all say Jambo. On their way back they go past a bakery and say let us make some cookies! They walk into the bakery, the women shouts Bonjour. They head home, seeing more friends at the meat market, past the pizza parlor, and then the park. Carmelita runs into her Abuela, she  says HELLO! Carmelita tells her Abuela that her dog, Manny knows many languages.

M.   Description of how you would use the book with students: This story opens up culture. It tells us how to say hello in 10 or so different languages. With schools becoming more diverse this story will help students understand how to say hello to new friends or the students can explain a little bit about their culture. We can also can study a little bit of the areas where Shalom or Jambo is said.