The day I saw my father cry Book

This book is about a little boy called Little Bill and his family and their good friend, Alan Mills. Little Bill’s dad has a new neighbor across their house, and one day he comes to visit them. Alan is a happy, optimistic, and great individual. He has a special kind of way that help other people who are angry, low self-esteem, and troublemakers. He usually uses this phrase, “Merry Christmas”, and usually people seem to be happy after they see him. He likes to bring everyone together to meet a common goal or to just be happy. Little Bill and his family is very fortunate to learn a lot from Alan. They have built a strong relationship with Alan. However, it is sadden that Alan passes away from a heart attack suddenly. Little Bill has never seen his dad cry before until their friend Alan passes away. Since then on, the family has come to learn how to appreciate and be nice to one another, especially Little Bill and his big brother, Bobby.

This book supports the specific genre of contemporary because it focused on giving people a perspective into some corner of everyday experience and showing them what it would be like to walk in someone else’s shoes. This book really motivated me to continue to read because it raised the questions that we always have in life. We always wonder why good people usually leave this world so short. These individuals are the ones that we thought they should live longer to inspire and to motivate other people who have low-self esteems or problems. For example, Little Bill stated from the book, why Alan has to leave, especially when he has such a big heart. Anyone who reads this book can relate to the story because each and every one of us must have someone whom we love so much and who has passed away.

I think that I would definitely read this book to my students whenever we hear sad news about someone who has suddenly passed away. We all could learn something from this book, especially young children. Young children will learn to be confident that it is okay to cry when there are loved ones who pass away. They can learn how to appreciate and respect one another in the classroom. This is a great reading during a social skill lesson. Students will enjoy the reading because they will have the same questions like Little Bill. I think this reading is appropriate in any grade levels from K-3.