Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Marianthe's Story: Spoken Memories

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful for classroom use...
Review: I first heard about this book in a teacher magazine, and sure enough, it became an instant favorite in my second- and third-grade classroom. This was no big surprise to me as my fourteen young students represent eight different nationalities among themselves! The book has sparked some interesting conversations about feeling different and about arriving in a new country. Any early-grade classroom, but perhaps especially those in multicultural and international schools, should have a copy of this book. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

Rating:
Summary: beautiful book telling about being new/not speaking English
Review: My co-worker introduced me to this gorgeous book that tells the story of a little girl who is new in the classroom and can't speak English. She expresses her feelings by painting. However, the surprise is that the other side of the books is SPOKEN WORDS and she tells the story of her life in Greece and having to leave her native land.

Anyone would love this book, but especially ESL teachers and teachers who have "newcomer" students... It's a good book for a gift for any child and it's a really good book for a teacher to read to a class to help the children become more sensitive to the feelings of newcomers.

A gorgeous book......

Rating:
Summary: beautiful book telling about being new/not speaking English
Review: My co-worker introduced me to this gorgeous book that tells the story of a little girl who is new in the classroom and can't speak English. She expresses her feelings by painting. However, the surprise is that the other side of the books is SPOKEN WORDS and she tells the story of her life in Greece and having to leave her native land.

Anyone would love this book, but especially ESL teachers and teachers who have "newcomer" students... It's a good book for a gift for any child and it's a really good book for a teacher to read to a class to help the children become more sensitive to the feelings of newcomers.

A gorgeous book......