Chicken Sunday
By Patricia Polacco
8 min. without interruption
12-16 min. with discussion prompts throughout/after.
A lot of different cultures converging here. Patricia’s grandmother died, so she is inducted into the family next door, and learns to see their grandmother as her own, and they as her brothers. Despite having different religions (Baptist v. Jewish), they share their traditions and learn from and with each other – providing more family. Also the surface level plot is about community as well, the children working in a local shop to raise money and by their grandmother a fancy hat for Easter. One of Polacco’s award-winning books...
This book is pretty amazing...I remember it from when I was a child solely because the ‘grumpy old man’ character had concentration camp tattoos on his arm – revealing, you know, a reason for his grumpiness. For older groups, this opens up a great discussion on empathy. (You just see the tattoos, not part of the text.)
8 min. without interruption
12-16 min. with discussion prompts throughout/after.
A lot of different cultures converging here. Patricia’s grandmother died, so she is inducted into the family next door, and learns to see their grandmother as her own, and they as her brothers. Despite having different religions (Baptist v. Jewish), they share their traditions and learn from and with each other – providing more family. Also the surface level plot is about community as well, the children working in a local shop to raise money and by their grandmother a fancy hat for Easter. One of Polacco’s award-winning books...
This book is pretty amazing...I remember it from when I was a child solely because the ‘grumpy old man’ character had concentration camp tattoos on his arm – revealing, you know, a reason for his grumpiness. For older groups, this opens up a great discussion on empathy. (You just see the tattoos, not part of the text.)
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