Author/Illustrator: Patricia Polacco
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Awards: None
Grades: 3-5
Trisha was a little girl who was in deep hopes of learning how to read. When her grandfather poured honey over a book and had her taste it, his usual tradition, she had high hopes of being able to read soon. When she couldn't, her brother gave her more hope and said maybe next year "you'll learn to read." Years passed by and she still just could not read. Her mother got a new job, causing her to move to California. In fifth grade, there was a new teacher in school named, Mr. Falker. He was Trisha's teacher who noticed she could not read words or numbers. He had her stay after school with a reading teacher and would practice reading with Trisha. Four months later, he had Trisha read a paragraph in a book. When she was able to read it, she ran home super excited and tasted the honey off the same book her grandpa had her taste years back.
I would use this book in my classroom to teach students to not give up when they are unable to do something. Although this book deals with a particular disability, dyslexia, it still teaches a good moral. This book is appropriate for students in third to fifth grade because they are in the same age group as Trisha. It is also appropriate for them because it meets their reading level of comprehension. This is a good book to read to students as a read aloud or to have them read in a group together. I would not use this for a particular unit in my class.
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