Author/Illustrator: Janet S. Wong/E.B. Lewis
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication Date:May 19, 2009
Genre: Realistic Fiction 9+
Reading Level: 4th-5th Grade
Brieft Overview: A girl is trying to settle into a new home. She wants her home to become homegrown like her grandmothers. Her grandmother’s advice is that it takes time to learn to love a house right.
Integrated Activity: Students will talk about what makes a house “home grown”. Students will design their own dream house layout.
Reviewer's Name & Affiliation: Kaleigh Harty, VSU
Labels: realistic fiction, Family, lyric passage
Reading Level: 4th-5th Grade
Brieft Overview: A girl is trying to settle into a new home. She wants her home to become homegrown like her grandmothers. Her grandmother’s advice is that it takes time to learn to love a house right.
Integrated Activity: Students will talk about what makes a house “home grown”. Students will design their own dream house layout.
Reviewer's Name & Affiliation: Kaleigh Harty, VSU
Labels: realistic fiction, Family, lyric passage