Cuban-American author Margarita Engle has written a story to explain what water delivery days are like. This story follows a young girl as her family prepares to receive water from the delivery man. The man delivers water about every 5 days. The family fills their blue tank each time to prepare for their water needs such as bathing, cooking, and having enough to drink. It is such a simple story yet so simply teaches that water conservation is of utmost importance. It also points to the fact that many places in this world do not have access to clean running water. In this story, you will find beautiful illustrations that show a joyful family that works together to fulfill the basic human need for water.
Water Day is written in English. The Spanish version of the same story is El Dia del Agua
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Eagles in the End Zone
It is time for the football game. The Eagles are playing the Turkeys, however, one of the players on the Turkeys’ team is a Chicken. Chicken gets distracted by his grandmother in the crowd and fumbles the ball. This story simply explains the game of football using animals as characters who are more concerned about everyone having a good experience with the game and the story ends with a happy ending for all. This story is written with simple words and language and would be great for beginning readers. Using football as the theme of this story would be of high interest to some and help keep some beginning readers engaged. The illustrations in the book are very full and help to fill in the details of the story.
ADHA Self-Esteem Blues (But I Brighten Up, Big Time)
Marvin Monster writes in his diary about his life and living with ADHD and how that can affect his self-esteem. Through Marvin’s daily life of going to school, he runs into lots of great things but then he becomes overwhelmed with the details of how to follow through with his commitments. Marvin spends time with his Grandmomster (Grammasaurus) and from her learns that she has some of the same troubles he has. Grammasaurus helps Marvin learn strategies for how to cope and manage his life.
The author, Dr. Melmed has included a section in the back of this book for parents and teachers. This resource is full of strategies so children can learn how to use them to help manage their feelings. Dr. Melmed explains what self-esteem is and how that can take a toll on young children.
This book would be great as a read-aloud for a child who is dealing with ADHD and/or self-esteem issues. This would help adults working with their own children, or students, to focus on strategies to help manage ADHA and self-esteem.