This picture book is a perfect small moment narrative! In the beginning, Julian sees mermaids and wants to be like one as well. Truth be told, I have a group of seventh graders who could find value in this nugget! Integration Ideas Personal Narrative: Small Moment It’s simple, but a lot can be taken from it. This would be a fun book in any primary and elementary classroom. I adore how it is just a story of an event, and not a lesson to be learned or even discussed. While this is clearly a book that bends gender stereotypes, it isn’t brought up as an issue or problem, it just is. In a beautiful, unspoken moment, she helps add to his outfit and takes him to a parade of people dressed up. When he goes home, he dresses up like a mermaid with items found in the house and proudly shows his Grandmother. Jessica Love tells a story of a little boy who wants to dress up like the mermaids he saw on the bus. The story was handled beautifully – beyond all expectations. Since this is a delicate topic for our culture, I wanted to see how this story would be handled. Definitely the cover and title curiosity on this one.
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