Going Home Book

Wow. This book really hit a lot of heart strings for me. This book really spoke to me and reminded me of my life and this is my dream and hope for what I can provide for my children in my classroom. I will definitely have a lot of copies of this book in my class. Wow is all I have to say. It brought up a really important topic in this book, immigration/immigrants. The plot in this book is on the thicker side but it is very needed for children to read about. It is a very touchy subject but I think that this author handled it perfectly. The illustrations were so wonderful and colorful for the reader to look upon. Although the book did touch on subjects that can be seem or looked at in a negative light, this book did not make it seem negative at all and didn't enforce any negative stereotypes. The illustrations did add to the plot and helped the reader see what the story was without even reading the words necessarily. This book is so colorful and I think will catch the eyes of many and all children who read it. This is my favorite book now. It shows family struggles and what life is like for immigrants. A lot of children go through these thoughts and now there is a book to vocalize it and inform the world. It is so important for us to start to get people to talk about these topics and make it more acceptable for people to be themselves. I know that my wish for the future is that children do not have to grow with fear for their parents and parents do not have to live in fear of judgement for their families.