Yoko

Nice book for talking about trying new things and accepting people's differences. ( )

In this book you see how a teacher helps a student be accepted by her peers for liking different types of food. Great story line and illustrations. Great to share with class. ( )

Yoko is a mouse, that loves sushi. Her mom makes her lunch packed with sushi and she takes it to school. When she gets there all the other kids make fun of her lunch and tell her that its gross. Mrs. Jenkins the teacher annouces that there is going to be an international day where all the children bring thier favorite food. Yoko of course takes sushi. No one wanted to eat Yoko's sushi, but then Timothy, a young boy in her class, was still hungry and tried it. After he tried it he loved it. Timothy and Yoko pushed their desk together and started a Sushi store.

Personal Respose: I enjoyed this book and I think it would be a great book to read in a class room full of different ethnicity.

Classroom extention: 1-Write about your favorite food.
2- Have our own International day and bring all our favorite types of food.

Summary:
Yoko brought sushi as her lunch for school. As it was describing each student's lunch, their was a variety. But once Yoko opened her lunch, her classmates made fun of her. Mrs.Senkins was upset and decided to write a letter to the parents. In the letter it stated that the parents bring an international dish. So the parents brought in a variety of dishes. Everyone tried the dishes except Yoko's sushi. Timothy, a classmate was still hungry and decided to try the sushi. Timothy ended up enjoying the sushi, and Yoko taught him how to eat with chopsticks. In the end, they decided that they should open a restraunt.

Personal Reaction:
I loved this book! I think its super cute and I loved how they showed different types of lunches. I also liked how the teacher took action and got the parents involved.

Classroom Extension:
1. I would have students share their lunches with their classmates.
2. Have the students parents bring in an international dish, when we read an international book with the ethnicity that a student is. ( )

Summary: This is a book with animals as characters. In this book Yoko is a Japanese cat that gets made fun of for bringing a "weird" lunch. Everyone else brings some kind of sandwich and Yoko brings sushi. The teacher decides to expose the children to all different cultures by having a culture day when everyone brought a dish from another country.
Personal Reaction: This is a really good book to read if you have a diverse class or even if you have just one student from another country.
Classroom Extension: This would be a great book to read before having your own culture day. I have a lot of experience with other cultures, so we could combine that with that of the students whethet they share about their own culture or a culture they so research on.