reviews
Jan 31, 2011
Julia
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I loved Allen Say's true story of the first Chinese bullfighter. The son of Chinese immigrants, Billy Wong grew up in Arizona. His father is a grocer who tells Billy "In America you can be anything you want to be". Not wanting to be a grocer like his father, Billy dreams of becoming a basketball player. When his height becomes an issue, Billy becomes an engineer like his brother. Billy goes to Spain on vacation and discovers his new dream is to become a bullfighter. He is told ov
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Mar 09, 2011
Courtney
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I love this book because students see that even if they have to give up a dream another door will be opened. It also shows students that being proud of your heritage instead of ignoring and attempting to change it is a good thing. Love who you are and embrace what you are and someday you will get to where you are trying to go. I also love the way say structure some of the sentences in this book.
Apr 08, 2011
Ebony
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Great multicultural book with lessons on accepting your background and passions in life. I would use this book for grades 3-5. Also good for creating discussions on "what it means to follow your dreams and still know where you come from".
Jul 29, 2011
Theresa
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beautiful pictures, a good resource in showing kids how to live up to the impossible dreams, even if the dreams change over time because of circumstance, but endurance wins out.
Jan 29, 2011
Angie
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Good biography of El Chino. I liked how the illustrations went from black and white to color once Billy found his purpose.
Jul 16, 2010
S10_Abby
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True story of Billy Wong, the first Chinese bull fighter. Appropriate for grades 2-6, depending on how it is used.
May 27, 2009
Snorkle
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This was an interesting story, one I had never heard before. I liked how the man in the story never gave up on his dreams. There were a couple of illustrations among the first several pages that I thought were absolutely amazing, I loved how Allen Say drew the people's faces. I would probably recommend.
*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2009/05...
*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2009/05...
Jul 16, 2008
Julia
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I was surprised by this book. I expected it to be very historical as Allen Say's books tend to be. This book was about a man who believed that he could do anything, even though he doesn't achieve his first dream, he comes upon another one that he loves even more.
Oct 22, 2008
Hosea.victor
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I learned that you can be whatever you want to be even if you're Chinese and you want to be a spanish matador
Oct 14, 2008
Olivia
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I like this book because it tells u how the boy became to have faith in himself.
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