The story is of a child as she grows from infancy to motherhood and career, and mostly of the home and street and neighborhood where she makes her home. This is a mostly wordless picture book, wonderfully illustrated with collage art. I can’t imagine I’ll like any of the others as much as I love this one though.
Wow! Fabulous book! This is my first Jeannie Baker book I have three others at home and I’m trying to get all of them. Are we happy with changes in our local environment? what can happen if we just sit back? what are the benefits of change? what is the down side of changes/urbanisation?Ī profound book on many different levels - adaptable for KS1 and KS2. It lends itself well to whole class discussion, group discussion, links well with maths (mapping and grid references' which actually help to pinpoint changes, and promote reflective thinking about we can actually do on an individual level. I have actually used this in a geography lesson - spot the difference exercise with a mapping square, using a picture from the beginning of the story and another from the end of the story. This time, we track the changes as a little baby girl grows to adulthood and starts her own family. (That said, I do think this book will more likely be enjoyed by adults.)īelonging by Jeannie Baker is another of her books which is a testament to the power of collage which speak volumes about green issues and questions our part in the changing of our environment.Īlong the same lines as 'Window', one of other books, this story also shows how the environment changes outside a particular window. A wonderful book! Highly recommended especially to those tired of the "environmental books" that don't really offer kids a way to make a difference in their world. The illustrations are so detailed and really invite exploration to get the entire story.
But, what starts as one neighbor man's desire to plant something in his yard (and the girl's curiosity) soon grows into a neighborhood-wide effort to beautify and "nature-fy" the neighborhood, especially using native plants.
Through illustrations only, we follow a little girl from her birth day as she grows up we see only the backyard and a bit of the city through the window but, oh, what a story that little glimpse tells! For it is not only the story of the girl growing up, but of the neighborhood becoming more aware of its problems, most especially in that it is not a very attractive place to live and no one seems to have any pride in it. I LOVED this book! It is so beautiful and heartfelt, so detailed and thoughtful and sweet and inspiring.
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