Title: The Hello, Goodbye Window
Author: Norton Juster
Illustrator: Christopher Raschka
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme:Family and relationships, parenting, multigenerational
Primary & Secondary Characters: the little girl, Nanna and Poppy
Award(s): Caldecott Medal
Date of Publication: 2005
Publishing Company: Hyperion Books for Children
Summary of Book:
This book is from a little girl's point of view. It is innocent and sweet. It illustrates how everything that happens in this little girl's life that means something to her is near a window in her grandparents' house. I really like this book because it illustrates an interracial family. The illustrations are very unique in showing this. This book could be used in the classroom for entertainment. I think this is a great book to read in the early grades to show students that may not be aware of families that are interracial that it is perfectly normal. It is becoming more and more common and should be addressed to students so that they are knowledgeable about it.
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