I'm obviously not the intended audience for this... because I was frustrated at thre amount of questions I had afterwards. ( )

In this book, Amber meets Anna and her family when they come up the mountain to build a road. Amber sees Anna reading, and Anna become determined to teach Amber to read. They soon become good friends and do everything together, practicing reading every day. When Anna's family is done building the road and they leave, Amber becomes determined to learn how to write so that she can write to her friend. She practices until she is able to write a full letter to send to Anna.
This book is a good example of realistic fiction because the setting and events are realistic. The setting is in the rural mountains, which is a real place. As well, teaching someone to read is a realistic occurrence.
Age Appropriateness: 1st-4th grade
Media: oil paint

Living isolated on a peak that "poked through the clouds", a young girl seeks out a friend who teaches her to read. A tale of perseverance and generosity that deserves to be treasured year after year.

Amara's second favorite picture book, I read this one about learning to read and write (a result of serious perseverance). Theme: believing in self and possibilities, rural areas becoming connected to town with a new road built... ( )

This realistic fiction book tells the story of amber, a young girl who has never learned to read or write, and how she makes a friend who is determined to teach her. Her friend Anna spends days and days teaching her the different letters and sounds, and finally, Amber is able to read on her own. Anna wants to teach Amber to read, but Anna sadly has to leave because her family had only been in town while her father built a road there. Amber gets letters from Anna, but cannot write back. She then decides she will write back, and practices copying words from her book, and finally writes Anna a letter. This makes Anna very happy, and she writes back as well.