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I Know Here
The little girl in this story lives in a trailer near a forest where her father is building a dam. Everything in her world is familiar and precious to her. But the dam is nearly finished and the family is moving to the city, which the little girl knows only as a place marked by a big red star on the map at school. Have the city people seen what I have seen, she wonders? Th...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
February 23rd 2010
by Groundwood Books
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The little girl in this story lives in a remote area of Saskatchewan where her father is helping to build a dam. She lives in a trailer among a group of trailers. There are woods to play in, a creek to catch frogs, and lots of animals. But now her family is moving to Toronto. Her teacher in their one-room school suggests that the children draw pictures to remind them of this place. So the girl decides that she will draw a picture of her beloved home and all that surrounds it so that she can carr...more
This beautifully painted story has won several awards, and I can see why adults like it. It's got a nostalgic feel, and the emotions are palpable. However, there's one moment in the book that doesn't ring true to me: the third grader asks if people have "seen what I've seen." This little girl is sad to be leaving her teeny town and moving to the big city, and I get her sadness. Unfortunately, I think the author used that particular phrase to move the story in a particular direction (and a fine o...more
"There's no place like home"
The little girl in this story is faced with having to move somewhere other then the place shes known that home is her whole life. She knows everything about the place she lives from the road she lives on to how many trailers are down her road, the forest behind her home where she plays hide and seek and where the wolfs howling at night. In the end with the help of her teacher she finds a way to take her memories with her and that is to draw pictures of what she loves...more
The little girl in this story is faced with having to move somewhere other then the place shes known that home is her whole life. She knows everything about the place she lives from the road she lives on to how many trailers are down her road, the forest behind her home where she plays hide and seek and where the wolfs howling at night. In the end with the help of her teacher she finds a way to take her memories with her and that is to draw pictures of what she loves...more
I Know Here, by Laurel Croza is the winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Award, which is a highly regarded award that is given for excellence in children's books. This is the story of a young girl that lives in rural Canada who suddenly learns she must move once summer comes to Toronto, a place that she has never been. While she contemplates all of the things that she must leave behind, she learns what was most important to her and finds a way to keep that with her always. This book is appropriate fo...more
Whenever I read a picture book, I always worry if the book will seem to juvenile for high schoolers. I think teens would enjoy this one as a read aloud. The illustrations are interesting. The people don't necessarily look attractive. I'd describe them more as weird looking :), which definitely adds interests to the book. I'm not saying the illustrations aren't gorgeous because they are, but they aren't bubbly and sesame street looking.
This book would be great to use to teach a student how to de...more
This book would be great to use to teach a student how to de...more
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Sep 13, 2012
Jess
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When she learns she's moving from a remote bit of Saskatchewan to Toronto, a girl considers the things she knows.
The fear of somewhere new is a strong one. And, I think that's what kids will connect to. The story is a beautiful one of the effect a place has on your life. Matt James's illustrations are well matched; they're folksy and vibrant and very much like the place they're of, albeit a little dark and cold.
Somber wouldn't be a wrong words for this story. As someone who delights in upbeat f...more
The fear of somewhere new is a strong one. And, I think that's what kids will connect to. The story is a beautiful one of the effect a place has on your life. Matt James's illustrations are well matched; they're folksy and vibrant and very much like the place they're of, albeit a little dark and cold.
Somber wouldn't be a wrong words for this story. As someone who delights in upbeat f...more
When the little girl in this story hears her brother Doug announce that "We are moving to Toronto" she gets in a tizzy. She loves this place. She doesn't want to move to Toronto. She says "This is where I live. I don't know Toronto. I know here....." Then on each page she describes what she knows about where she lives. Through the help of her teacher she learns about Toronto and draws pictures of where she lives now and the many things that she knows. She plans to take the pictures to Toronto to...more
(4 1/2) Although the setting of this book (living in a trailer and attending a one room-trailer school in Rural Saskatchewan) will be unfamiliar to most young readers the feelings the narrator faces when she finds out she will be moving to somewhere far away (Toronto) are familiar. The narrator doesn't know Toronto--she's afraid the kids there won't know the things she knows. She decides to try to draw everything she knows and will miss about "here" and I particularly loved the image of her fold...more
Although the setting of this book (living in a trailer and attending a one room-trailer school in Rural Saskatchewan) will be unfamiliar to most young readers the feelings the narrator faces when she finds out she will be moving to somewhere far away (Toronto) are familiar. The narrator doesn't know Toronto--she's afraid the kids there won't know the things she knows. She decides to try to draw everything she knows and will miss about "here" and I particularly loved the image of her folding the...more
I know here by Laurel Croza is a story of a young child who has been told she will be moving from Saskatchewan to Toronto. Though out the book the young girl faces anxieties from a unfamiliar place. She wonders how people will treat her. She leaves behind all her familiar things such as the moose, howling wolfs, the hills and the road to home. She comes across a teacher who encourages the girl to draw the beautiful things she misses to help her feel more at home.
The vivid beautiful illustrati...more
The vivid beautiful illustrati...more
The story is about a young girl who lives in small trailer near the forest while her father builds a dam, she soon finds out that her family is moving to the city. She worries about forgetting her home so her teacher tells her to draw a picture of the things she wants to remember, so she decides to draw the forest, the road, and everything she has ever known in order to keep with her forever. This book is great because the pictures are very bright and will capture your attention. This book would...more
Good read for the Kiddos!
I really like this for a child's picture book! Even though I am an adult, I felt that I could relate to the little girl in this book. Like her, I have had to deal with moving to a new place and see only new faces, and I know that this story would have let me know that I am not the only person that has had to go through such a scary situation. After reading I Know Here, there is no way that I wouldn't recommend this to other young readers. Moving cities and having to mee...more
I really like this for a child's picture book! Even though I am an adult, I felt that I could relate to the little girl in this book. Like her, I have had to deal with moving to a new place and see only new faces, and I know that this story would have let me know that I am not the only person that has had to go through such a scary situation. After reading I Know Here, there is no way that I wouldn't recommend this to other young readers. Moving cities and having to mee...more
Wow. Beautiful sensory language in this story of a girl learning she is going to be moving to Toronto, leaving the place she knows best. She wonders if the people in Toronto have seen what she has seen. Her teacher encourages her to draw a picture to remember, so she decides that she will "fold up the howl of the wolf and the smell of the fox in his cage and the stare of the old moose and the feel of my heart beating fast as I swooped over my road in a five seater airplane." Based on the author'...more
What a sweet book. It would be very good for children facing a move. It really captures the emotions a child might be feeling. This subject is often on my mind. I do not live where I grew up and have lived in several places in my adult lifetime. If given the opportunity to go back to where to we came from we would leap at it -- for my husband and I it would be going "home", but for our daughter where we are now is all she knows as home. For her, a move would be filtered through a completely diff...more
Yay for Canada! This is the story of a young girl, living in rural Canada, who will be moving to Toronto. She is upset, as most children would be, and worries about leaving her life behind. While the setting and details will be foreign to most students, the anxiety about moving will not be. A great read aloud for grades 3 - 5, this book has a lot of instructional potential. It validates children's feelings in a supportive way while introducing the idea of universal emotions. The illustrations ar...more
Reviewed by Senta Ross
The dam her father is constructing nears completion. A little girl and her family, now living in a trailer in the wilderness of north-eastern Saskatchewan, are about to move to
Toronto. Just about everything that is familiar to her is about to change. “This is where I live. I don’t know Toronto. I know here,” she thinks. She then reflects on all the things she will leave behind when the relocation occurs to the big city: the road she walks on to get to school, the forest whe...more
The dam her father is constructing nears completion. A little girl and her family, now living in a trailer in the wilderness of north-eastern Saskatchewan, are about to move to
Toronto. Just about everything that is familiar to her is about to change. “This is where I live. I don’t know Toronto. I know here,” she thinks. She then reflects on all the things she will leave behind when the relocation occurs to the big city: the road she walks on to get to school, the forest whe...more
The winner of the 2010 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award, I Know Here is the story of a young girl who will soon move from rural Saskatchewan to Toronto because the dam her father was helping to build has been completed. The girl is scared of moving to a big city where she does not know anyone or anything. To help herself come to terms with leaving, the girl draws a picture of everything she knows and loves about her home. She plans to take this picture with her to Toronto to help her remember.
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The little girl in this story lives in a trailer near a forest where her father is building a dam. Everything in her world is familiar & precious to her. But the dam is nearly finished & the family is moving to the city, which the little girl knows only as a place marked by a big red star on the map at school. Have the city people seen what I have seen, she wonders? The teacher suggests that she draw something that she wants to remember to take away with her when she leaves, & the li...more
This books was about a little girl moving from Saskatchewan to Toronto. Her family had moved before, but she hadn't. The only place she had ever known was her cozy trailor in Saskatchewan. Hence the name "I Know Here." She wants to remember her road, the sound of the wolf howling, the man bringing groceries in the yellow truck, everything she knows. She doesn't know how to, though. How will she remember? (I'm doing it for Fishbowl, so I'm not telling you everything that happened).
The illustrations in this picturebook are deliciously dynamic and delightfully bright. The pastels and layering is seriously a visual feast.
Unfortunately, the text lacks what dynamism the illustrations offer. The lack of plot and and overwritten theme (of moving to a new place) fell completely flat for me with the protagonist's decision to draw a picture as the resolution.
It is very unfortunate as it is a Boston Horn Book winner, and really quite beautiful.
Unfortunately, the text lacks what dynamism the illustrations offer. The lack of plot and and overwritten theme (of moving to a new place) fell completely flat for me with the protagonist's decision to draw a picture as the resolution.
It is very unfortunate as it is a Boston Horn Book winner, and really quite beautiful.
This book is great because the pictures are very bright and will capture your attention. This book would be great for anyone who can relate to moving and getting the feeling of forgetting the place you called home for such a long time. I never had the issue of moving, but my best friend did and I can see how it was hard for the little girl. I think this book might appeal to a parent trying to help their young child understand about moving. Very good read!
A strange, unintentionally(?) haunting picture book examining the life of a girl in northern Canada as she and her family prepare to move to the big city, namely Toronto. The illustrations are from unique perspectives, heavily drawn, and not especially to my liking. I felt like there was a background needed to understand the unusual, stark setting before fully comprehending what this young girl is leaving. Not a terribly successful title.
This will appeal to children and students who live in rural and/or rustic places or those who have recently moved from a place very different than their current home. It is the story of a girl remembering and saying goodbye to the wilds of northeastern Saskatchewan (western Canada) as her family prepares to move east to the big city of Toronto.
Winner of the 2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Best Picture Book Award
Winner of the 2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Best Picture Book Award
A young girl finds out her family will be moving to Toronto, Canada because the construction job her father is working on is finished. She becomes nervous about she won't know Toronto as well as she knows where she is now. But her teacher finds a way to help ease her fears: have her draw what she is familiar with so that she can keep it with her always.
It was good book. I enjoyed the illustration more than the text however. It was very colorful and had lots of detail even though it had the quick drawing effect. It is a great book for children to know about the rural places. Such as in this book it took place in a rural place in Canada. I would recomend this book for second though fifth grade.
Beautiful sensory language in this story of a girl learning she is going to be moving to Toronto, leaving the place she knows best. She wonders if the people in Toronto have seen what she has seen. - Robin, Youth Services Librarian
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I know this was nominated for several awards, and even won some, but I personally didn't find this title particularly worthy of such adulation. While it reflects the feelings of the protagonist well - the little girl doesn't want to move to Toronto because she best knows the place she currently lives in - the writing isn't exceptional, and the accompanying illustrations are drab and uninspiring.
This title was the winner of the 2010 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award. It's lovely in both text and illustration and despite the heavy regionalism (Saskatchewan and Quebec, Canada), children will relate the feeling of knowing the place you live from edge to edge and in and out--and having apprehension about a move to the unknown.
What a beautiful book, the illustrations are stunning. I never had to move when I was a child, so, I never had a sense of upheaval like most of my classmates must have experienced. This book may be helpful to those children about to face a move, and help them retain a sense of wonder.
The illustrations by Matt James are stunning.
The illustrations by Matt James are stunning.
This was a nice memory book and the pictures were interesting. One question though. Why was there a caged fox behind one of the trailers? That just seemed wrong to me. I don't know the circumstances, but the way it was brought up made me want to know.
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