The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

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The Hello, Goodbye Window was written by Norton Juster. It is a children's picture book written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. Published in 2005, the book tells the story of a little girl who enjoys visiting her grandparents. Raschka won the 2006 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations. It has 32 pages and the book comes from the USA.[1]   

Summary

The story is about a girl visits her grandparents' house, where for her the kitchen window is a special gateway, where everything important happens. Told from her point of view, the story explores her special relationship with her grandparents through the window, by the window and around the window. She tells us how the window is perfect for looking into the kitchen from the porch to play a game of peek-a-boo with Nanna, and even turns into a mirror at night. She describes her experience with her grandparents and all the fun things there are to do in the house, as well as the things she has been told to stay away from. She helps Nanna in the garden and listens to Poppy play "Oh! Susanna" on the harmonica; she enjoys it even though it is the only song he can play. When her parents come to pick the girl up, she is happy and sad at the same time, but she understands "it just happens that way sometimes."[1]

Pros

Cassie Marshall rated gave five stars to this book. She wrote her touching comment about this book, she would like to mention the sincerest gratitude that she has for this book due to its diversity aspect because the little girl's mom and dad and her Nanna and Poppy are of different races which were really interesting to see. She was so in love with the illustrations because although it was not the Mona Lisa, it helped her get into the mindset of the little girl as if she had done the illustrations herself. Her story was written on the page and her mind was illuminated as well. The story is also very cute!

Mallori also had the same thought as Cassie, she thought this book was amazing. She mentions that in social Issues, this was a wonderful book to celebrate the importance of extended family. When children got to visit family and friends, they could create bonds that last forever. in literary Elements, the author uses symbolism to show how the window represents the bond that the family has and how one ordinary object could create such a strong love between family. She also mentioned about the text that allowed the reader to use their imagination and the illustrations provide an element of creativity and art to the story.[2]

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