What a beatiful book! Beautiful illustrations! Beautiful words! What is wrong with being unique?
Poor Wesley, no one seemed to like him the way he was, not even his parents. So what else is there to do except to create a new land where you are normal.That is exactly what Wesley does. He grows beautiful fuits and weaves lovely things. He even gets to dress in comfy robes. Surprisingly his peers begin to get courious and kind Wesley allows them in to help some. Wesley spends the summer cultivating Weslandia and and nurturing his uniqueness. And guess what, people start to want to be like him.
I love this story becuase it tells children that it is ok to be whoever you want to be.
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I'm glad you liked this book! I liked it as well. It can be integrated really well in the classroom to teach about how you need to accept everyone else's differences and that you have to respect other people. There were some things about Wes that reminded me of myself when I was younger. I always liked to have a summer project to do, and it would have been so much fun to create my own world where I could be the ruler. I wish I had thought of it!
I was struck by how independent Wesley was. So few of my students demonstrate independence. They need reassurance for almost every task, but Wesley crates an entire culture without any assistance from adults. Oddly, no adults even appear in the story. Do you find that odd, too?
I bought the book, but haven't read it yet. Based on your response,I am going to have to read it immediately! I am loving the fact that Wesley created his own land! I would like to use this in my classroom, then ask my children to imagine and create their own world. I would follow-up the read aloud with a journal to encourage my students to record their ideas. I am thinking my students would really enjoy the book and the journal assignment. Did you read this book with Grant... how did he like it?
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