Reviews for The hickory chair

The average rating for The hickory chair based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-10-28 00:00:00 Surawudh Makudi This book was rather uncomfortable for me to read. In the beginning we hear of a boy's relationship with his grandmother. A hickory chair is what brought the two together and was a special place for them. But suddenly the grandmother dies in the story and the rest of the story is about them splitting up her will and what the grandmother left to each person in the family. The grandmother hides a little note for each of the family members, but they are unable to find the note that she left for her favorite grandson. It is not until the boy is an old man and he has is own children, that he finds the note left from his grandmother in the old hickory chair. Although this story can relate to many other readers that has loss a loved one, it was awkward. I could not ever imagine reading this to a group of students, but possibly at home with my own children. I could see how this story might help children relate and find comfort in the death of a family member. It shows them that even though they are no longer physically there, they will always share something special with one another.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-01 00:00:00 Bobbi Brotzman I give this book a 4 star. This book is about an grandson and grandma relationships. The grandson is blind but the grandma doesn't treat him different. She spends time with him playing hide and go seek and reading stories in her hickory chair. This chair is the grandsons favorite thing. When his grandma died, she left notes for everyone in her favorite places. At the end of that day, the couldn't find the one for the grandson. He ends up just taking the chair with him. Skip forward and the grandson is now a grandpa and holds his granddaughter in the chair. It is then that granddaughter finds his letter within the chair. Ways to use this in a classroom 1) Have students pick something and write a letter to leave it for someone 2) Ask students if they have something like the chair in their family and share stories about it 3)Have students share about family memories or things they have learned 4) Write about someone they look up to