Pezzettino

Pezzettino is a wonderful tale that demonstrates that we all have a place where we belong and regardless of how small, we matter. This story can be used in various activities that focus on the importance of diversity and acceptance.

I swear, this reads as, "Well meaning Bob messes up children."

The intended message is pretty good, but again, the overtone seems to be, "You aren't like the others, and that's a problem."

Pezzettino is about a "little piece" who believes he must be a piece of someone else and goes searching to find who he belongs to. The theme of this story is self-love and accepting oneself as a whole, unique being. After many unsuccessful attempt to find who he belongs to, Pezzettino falls down and breaks into tiny little pieces. He realizes that he isn't a piece of someone else, but that he, himself, is made up of his own tiny little pieces. When Pezzettino discovers this, he happily shouts "I am myself!" feeling overjoyed at being his own special, complete person.

A Wonderful book about trying to figure out where you fit- who you are, what makes you! I love this book and think everyone should read t at least once! Ages:3+ (possible 4+)

This book has a goo dialog between characters. It shows the importance of being unique and who you truly are. This is a god read for students who are having a hard time meeting or making friends. It is even good to just share in the classroom to remind the students that everyone is different.

I loved this book. It reminded me lot of one of my other favorite books, "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O" by Shel Silverstein. I love the simplicity of the story--I've always though that when it comes to picture books simple is normally better, and I think that that definitely applies to this book.

Pezzettion is trying to find him/herself in this world of big things that Pezzettion lives in. This little piece things that they must belong to something bigger than itself, but at the end realizes that it was meant to be an individual piece in order to do great things. Great book that talks about identity and self esteem.