In this engaging nonfiction picture book, five young friends ---
Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin --- spend the day traveling
around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed
to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn
about the people and places that make up their community and what
it means to be a part of one. A map opens the story, with each of
the places the children will be visiting labeled, including the gas
station, retirement home, school, police station, soccer field,
community garden and, of course, the library! Then each of the
following spreads features a different location, detailed in a
bright, busy illustration. Illustration captions expand the
locations' connections to the concept of community. For example,
when they stop at a yard sale, the caption reads, ?Donating means
you give something to help a good cause. You can donate money,
things or your time.? In some cases, readers are asked to find
things or people within the illustrations, which adds an
interactive experience. Author and illustrator Scot Ritchie has
created a rich resource for social studies lessons on places, roles
and jobs within a community, and what it takes to be a responsible
citizen. But there is also the potential here for even broader
classroom discussions, including about the economy of a community,
geography and mapping, and how the character education concepts of
cooperation, responsibility and teamwork apply. The author has also
included step-by-step instructions for a puzzle-making project.
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