All the World, by Liz Garton Scanlon This 2010 Caldecott Honor book was a pretty interesting and heartfelt read. The book, All the World, told a story about a single day in the life of a simple family and showed through pictures and simple rhymes how valuable one day can be. The start of the day consisted of a sand castle building and sea shell searching while the night ended by spending quality time with family and friends. The most amazing thing about this book is that each point of the day is portrayed as an important and memorable moment with the ones around them. Of course, I am referring to what I took away from reading this book , others who read this short story may have a completely different take on it! While reading this story I almost felt as if I was a kid again, flipping through and looking at the detailed pictures in one of my books. A Text-to-Self connection I experienced while reading this book was that of a memory from an old family reunion down in Texas. We stayed at a beach house right on the edge of ocean. I just remember standing in the ocean trying to jump over huge waves and spending time with my entire family while we sat around a campfire on the beach, laughing and roasting hot dogs. This story reminded me a lot of a Dr. Seuss book in the way it flowed and rhymed. Sure, Dr. Seuss was a lot more creative with his rhymes but whenever a book has a good flow to its rhymes, it's hard not to think of good ole' Dr. Seuss, which is why I chose this example as my Text-to-Text connection. The Text-to-World connection I had took place at the very end of the story, after I read "All the world is all of us." After I read those lines I thought of the Michael Jackson song, "We are the world." After thinking about it in greater detail, I feel that this book and that song have a great deal in common. Both send the message that all we have in this world is each other and that's why I immediately made a connection between the two. All the world was a great book, I took a great deal from it and I would strongly encourage it to any child beginning to read. All the World is a poetry book that I would recommend for Kindergarten age children. It follows what seems to be a multicultural family and their friends through a day in their life. All around them, in the many places they go, they get to experience some of the wonders this world has to show. The story emphasizes the fact that no matter where you are, you can discover the great things about the world all around you. Scanlon creates many connections between people and the world we live in. For example, the line "All the world is old and new" is highlighted by the illustrations of a grandfather sitting on the ground while his grandkids play and climb in a tree. Frazee's illustrations seem to be created with colored pencil which is fascinating and something children will relate to. In my opinion, they are a little simplistic until you get to the 2-page spread. There the illustrations are extremely detailed and beautiful. This book was the winner of the ALA notable award in 2010 and received the Caldecott Honor the same year. A great activity for children based off this book would be for them to illustrate their own pictures of what they love to do with their families on a day out in this great world they live in.
What do You think about El Mundo Entero (2010)?
This book is a poetry book, telling people all over the world’s view, including beach, ocean, farm, garden, woods, road, street, sky, rainy day, cold or hot day, and windy day. All different kinds of weather, environment, light and dark. The author connects them to become a whole view. And then he composes a poem. This is really a beautiful book because all the views are so pretty and so beautiful. Each view has their own background color to represent its features. It’s really a good book and it is very suitable for a bedtime story. We can use the book to show kids all over the world, teaching them a lot of things. I think that it’s a good time for parents and children stay together reading the book.
—Laudy
This book talks about the different things in the world and how all of that put together makes the world complete. We are all part of the big picture. The book included people of different nationalities and pictures of different places. The one thing that stuck out to me in this book is the type of print. The words are large and spread across the page. They also seem to flow across the page according to the pictures they are surrounding.
—tnguyen0320
