Book Detail

What You Know First

Publication Information
Author:  MacLachlan, Patricia Illustrator:  Moser, Barry
Title:  What You Know First Date:  1995
Publisher:  Joanna Cotler Books City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-06-024413-5 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
A young girl does not want to leave the family farm that is being sold. She resolves her feelings realistically. The woodcut illustrations that look like old color-tinted photographs add veracity to the text.

Teaching Ideas:
The story could be told from different points of view-her parents, baby brother, Uncle Bly. The book would also make a good introduction to a unit on family history. Students could bring old family snapshots to write about. This book has been used successfully as a read-aloud in workshops. It would pair well with other farm books such as Hamilton's Drylongso, Stanley's Children of the Dust Bowl or Andrews' The Auction.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal
bullet Family > family history
bullet Communities > rural > rural life > farms
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > change


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