The House of
Joyful Living
Illust. by Terry Widener. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Grades K-5.
2009 Bank Street College of Education "Best Children's Books of the Year"
YOU'RE INVITED TO A ROOF PARTY!
High
on the roof of an apartment building is a garden where neighbors come to
laugh, to dance, and to share--stories of helping others, breakfasts of challah and herring, and, once a summer, a Roof
Party! Surrounded by loving adults, a girl with "cabbage-curly
hair," a girl very much modeled on the author, feels that she
lives "on top of the world--in paradise." But something is
about to change. Mama's belly is growing bigger and bigger!
Will the girl lose her rooftop paradise to a new baby sibling?
A
semi-autobiographical book about sharing, this warm, spirited story-- with bold
art in the style of public murals--is a joyous and heartfelt
celebration of life and community. Great for Author Study or unit on Personal Narratives.
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