Illustrator: Robert Casilla
Genre: Multicultural Fiction Book
Awards: Pura Belpre Awards
Grades: 1-5
Chico is a Hispanic boy who is starting third grade at a new school since he just moved to a new migrant camp. He was scared to go to school because he thought everyone was going to make fun of him. When he got to school, his teacher asked him to introduce himself. Next, he had to write about a picture he choose. He did not like to write, but he was very good at math. During lunch, two bullies came up to him and starting picking on him. To defend himself, he started asking them math questions which made them leave him alone. John, his new friend, asked to be his math partner because he was impressed. When Chico got home, he felt like he had a great day at school even after those bullies tried to mess with him.
I would use this book in my classroom to teach students about accepting others. It is an appropriate book for students in grades first through fifth because it narrates through a third grader's point of view. Although it has a lot of text for first graders, during a read aloud students will be able to understand because the words are not hard to comprehend. They are easy to read words. I would use this book in a culture unit to demonstrate the importance of accepting others. I could also use this in a Latin-American lesson or in an anti-bullying lesson.
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