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I'm Like You, You're Like Me: A Child's Book About Understanding and Celebrating Each Other
Simple words and lush illustrations draw children into this gentle story of discovery, acceptance, and affirmation.
48 pages, Paperback
First published September 14, 1998
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March 5, 2013 The main idea of the story is that friends can compare and contrast different things about themselves and that being different from your friend is good. The children in the book are showing examples of how to be a good friend, and each friend looks different but enjoy some of the same things. There are no main characters, the book shows different children from diverse backgrounds. This book is fiction.
As a literacy teacher I would read the book then ask the children to find a partner to work with that has the same interest as them. I would encourage them to draw and color their friends as they see them. The students will have appropriate behavior model for them throughout the book, so I would ask questions like "How is she being a good friend?" or "Do they look the same? And are they being nice to each other?"
The author, Cindy Gainer, is a Caucasian lady who lives north in the U.S.A, she might have grown up in a diverse area and perhaps she can relate to having friends from different ethnic backgrounds. She did well with using children not only different races, but also some were handicap. I think that's important because when we think of diversity, we may only think of skin color but it can be about disabilities too. This relates to my topic because I want to show that all children can be friends and you should take the time to find interests that are similar. In one part of the book it talks about listening to each other and that we can get to know one another better just by listening.
As a literacy teacher I would read the book then ask the children to find a partner to work with that has the same interest as them. I would encourage them to draw and color their friends as they see them. The students will have appropriate behavior model for them throughout the book, so I would ask questions like "How is she being a good friend?" or "Do they look the same? And are they being nice to each other?"
The author, Cindy Gainer, is a Caucasian lady who lives north in the U.S.A, she might have grown up in a diverse area and perhaps she can relate to having friends from different ethnic backgrounds. She did well with using children not only different races, but also some were handicap. I think that's important because when we think of diversity, we may only think of skin color but it can be about disabilities too. This relates to my topic because I want to show that all children can be friends and you should take the time to find interests that are similar. In one part of the book it talks about listening to each other and that we can get to know one another better just by listening.
November 15, 2017
Great book about love and acceptance. I would read this to my younger elem kids!
May 21, 2008
An illustration of children around the world.
Out of 5.
Illustrations : 2
Content : 2
Originality : 1
Humor : 0
Age Level : 1-8
Out of 5.
Illustrations : 2
Content : 2
Originality : 1
Humor : 0
Age Level : 1-8
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