Status
Available
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Publication
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pages
32
Description
Jamaica hates wearing hand-me-down boots when her friend Brianna has pink fuzzy ones.
Description
It's wintertime again, and Jamaica has to wear her brother Ossie's hand-me-down boots. She finds herself envious of her friend Brianna's pink boots with the fuzzy cuffs, and Brianna teases her about her ugly, old "boy" boots. But one word brings reconciliation for the two friends.
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Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 9.2 x 8.3 inches
ISBN
0395644895 / 9780395644898
UPC
046442644891
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Lexile
470L
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LibraryThing member amberntaylor
Jamaica hates having to wear her brothers old snow boots. When her best friend Brianna makes fun of them at school, Jamaica hates them even more. She feels lucky when the hole in the boots get bigger, and she gets to go to the store to buy a new pair. She chooses a brand new pair of cowboy looking
I thought this book was very simply and sweet. I think that every young child could understand and relate to this story. The only little bit of multicultural aspect in this story was the pictures of Jamaica and her family show they are black, and Brianna seems to be of Asian descend. I think this is a great story and made even better by using different colored children as characters, considering most books use white children. It’s good to use a variety in the classroom, since you will have all different ethnicities in the classroom.
You could have the children draw a picture of a pair of old hand-me-down shoes they once had and then the new pair they got to buy. You could also play a game were the children have to swap shoes and wear them for a while. You should especially talk about hurting peoples feels and how clothes don’t make the person.
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ones and loves them. When she wears them to school Brianna says they aren’t “in”. This makes Jamaica sad so she tells Brianna that her boots are ugly. On Monday at school, Jamaica and Brianna talk about their snow boot and why they said hatful things about each others pair of boots. I thought this book was very simply and sweet. I think that every young child could understand and relate to this story. The only little bit of multicultural aspect in this story was the pictures of Jamaica and her family show they are black, and Brianna seems to be of Asian descend. I think this is a great story and made even better by using different colored children as characters, considering most books use white children. It’s good to use a variety in the classroom, since you will have all different ethnicities in the classroom.
You could have the children draw a picture of a pair of old hand-me-down shoes they once had and then the new pair they got to buy. You could also play a game were the children have to swap shoes and wear them for a while. You should especially talk about hurting peoples feels and how clothes don’t make the person.
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LibraryThing member cabram90
Brianna makes fun of Jamaica's old boots that use to be her brothers and Jamaica feels envy of Brianna because she has new boots. They talk things out and still remain friends.
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J2H.259