Book Detail

I'm in Charge of Celebrations

Publication Information
Author:  Baylor, Bird Illustrator:  Parnall, Peter
Title:  I'm in Charge of Celebrations Date:  1986
Publisher:  Scribner's City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-684-18579-2 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
A desert (Native American?) woman is asked if she is lonely and replies by telling about all the natural wonders she witnesses. The title comes from her idea of marking the calendar for the following year to celebrate whatever she saw. The illustrations show the narrator to be a teenage girl, but her age is not significant to the text. The author uses a fair amount of text for a picture book, although the vocabulary is simple.

Teaching Ideas:
This type of free verse would be easy to imitate (although hard to do well). It could be part of a unit on the environment or a unit on solitude vs. loneliness or a unit on self-esteem. Or, since it evokes a strong sense of place, it could be used as part of a regional or geographic unit. Teachers may ask students to make a list of their celebrations, to discuss them, and perhaps to write a poem or song about them.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > Native American
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loneliness
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > solitude
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Southwestern United States
bullet Math > calendar
bullet Geography > environment > desert
bullet Science > astronomy > meteors
bullet Science > meteorology
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animals


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