Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
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Book Summary Author: Kevin Henkes Brand: Harper Collins Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 1996-09-20 ISBN: 0688147321 Number of pages: 32 Publisher: Mulberry Books |
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Book Reviews of the Chrysanthemum
Customer Review: not good for bibliotherapy
Summary: 2 Stars
If you're looking for a cute, whimsical picture book to launch into a discussion with your child about respecting differences, this one has a major flaw. Love the pictures, love the whimsy, but when the little girl, Chrysanthemum, is teased for her name during naptime (the other girl snickers that chrysanthemums grow near worms and dirt, ugh), the teacher replies with sarcasm, "Thank you for sharing." Well, little kids don't get sarcasm--they take it literally. Why does the teacher not step in and say something straightforward about how that's an ugly statement? I don't want to teach my child that kids can get away with being nasty and teachers will look on in approval. True, a second teacher stands up for Chrysanthemum, but I think to let a teacher make a crack like that, without having some character call her on it, sends the message to kids that you can't trust teachers to do the right thing. At least the girl could've told her parents exactly what happened so they could say, "That teacher was wrong and we're going to talk to her" or something.