Giora Carmi

In my opinion, this is a wonderful story for children of all ages and who speak a variety of languages. This story did not contain any words, only pictures with certain images on the page highlighted. Therefore, children on all reading levels could read this book. The big message in this story is that being nice to others can benefit many, including yourself in the end. I think the fact that this story could portray such a wonderful message without using any words is fantastic. Young readers who are still working on their reading abilities can still read this book! I would recommend this book to anyone interested.The images on the page were also very simple, which allowed readers to truly understand the meaning behind each page with ease. We see a young boy give a muffin to a man who appears homeless, and then we see that homeless man give some of his muffin to a bird. The bird then happily drops a seed outside the young boy's window and he then looks out his window to see a beautiful flower has sprouted in his window sill! The plot of this story is positive and easy to comprehend. I think this a book everyone should take the time to look through in order to understand how doing one good deed can benefit many people, including yourself.… (more)

This has been my favorite book I have read in class for quite some reasons. First, there are no words throughout the entire story, and I love it! The reader can just make up words that go along with the pictures. It creates a sense of imagination and inferring throughout the book. This is a great skill for students to work on. The reader is able to grasp the concept of the story just through the pictures. The illustrations are great. They are all in black in white, except the object the author wants you to pay attention to most. I love this! For example, the boy gave a man on the street a muffin that he bought with the quarter his mother gave him. That muffin was colored in. The plot was great. It was all about giving what you can. There was not conflict or anything like that, just progression of how far a quarter can go. The main idea of this story in my opinion is the people who have the least, give the most. By giving what you can, you can change the world, even if it is only some breadcrumbs to birds, or a muffin to a man on the street. I really enjoyed this book. I will most definitely have this in my future collection of picture books.… (more)