Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day

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Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day was written by Tameka Fryer Brown, and illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. It was published by Harry N. Abrams in August 1, 2010. It is 32 pages long and suitable for the readers from 4 - 8 years old. Th item Weight is 1.07 pounds and the dimensions : 9 x 0.5 x 11.38 inches.[1]

Summary

Neighbors gather on a hot summer day for a joyful block party: Kids play double Dutch; men debate at the barber shop and play chess; mothers and aunts cook up oxtail stew, collard greens, and other delicious treats; and friends dance and sway as jazz floats through the streets. [2] Retrieved January 28th, 2021

Pros

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The book is full of movement and color. For kids who like pictures or are visual learners, this would be a good book to show them how people of many different cultures come together to make a community. The scenes or everyday details of the girl’s life in her neighborhood is lovely. The cover and all the illustrations vibrate with color and energy. This is a sweet rhyming story about a little girl who is enjoying a very pleasant summer day in her neighborhood. The illustrations, as well as the story, depict a multicultural neighborhood. This would be a wonderful addition to a lower elementary classroom library. It fits in well with "multicultural days," as a number of ethnic foods are mentioned. A creative teacher could design a number of enrichment activities from this book, as well as reading lessons about poetry and rhyming.[3]

As an African American girl bounces around her urban neighborhood celebrating Neighbors’ Day, when everyone comes together for celebration and community bonding, she shares her energetic and enthusiastic observations: Blue sky, no clouds, Summer heat, side street, / Whirling, whizzing feet. Everyone is out to play today, around our way. She is happily surrounded by a multicultural crowd playing double Dutch and basketball, eating ice cream and drinking sour lemonade, debating in the barbershop, and playing chess in the park; and as the day and the block party progress, there is more food, music, laughter, and friendship. The acrylic art is saturated with rich color, energetic movement, and abstract figures and shapes, all reminiscent of Jacob Lawrence’s art. Most scenes are double-page spreads that, together with the words, demonstrate the size and diversity of a joyful world.[4]

References

  1. Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day. amazon.com. Retrieved January 28th, 2021
  2. https://books.google.co.id/books/about/Around_Our_Way_on_Neighbors_Day.html?id=FZs-CwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
  3. Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day. goodreads.com. Retrieved January 28th, 2021
  4. Medlar, Andrew.Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day. amazon.com, reader's review. Retrieved January 28th, 2021