Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Daniel's Ride by Michael Perry reviewed by Tyler
Daniel's Ride is a book that incorporates hispanic culture. The book is about Daniel and his brother Hector who has a 1963 Impala convertible. This car is complete with spider hydraulics and gold wire wheels. Hector promises Daniel on the first day of summer vacation that they will go cruising. Daniel and Hector go cruising all through town showing everyone that the car could go up and down and side to side. They went to the basketball court and to the beach where they met another low rider. Next they went to see their cousin, Diego, who was painting a moral of Mexican history. The moral of the story from the author is "never let anyone tell you your dreams and ambitions are a waste of time." You'll have to read the rest of the story to understand where the moral of the story comes from. I could incorporate this book into my classroom when talking about different cultures of people as in the case in this book with low riding cars with hydraulics. Also this book has a wonderful message that can teach kids to go for the goals and not to give up. I think this book is more appropriate for boys more than girls and for grades 2-4.
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I agree Daniel's Ride seems like a great book to include in the classroom! I feel that it is really important to incorporate multicultural books into classroom reading. That is why I really liked that you picked this book to write about. It is important to represent all ethic groups inside the classroom so children can learn that it is good to be different and that we all are special in our own way!
I also agree it would be great to use as a springboard for encouraging children to hold on to their dreams and never give up. Dreams are important and crucial for children to have. I believe it is our job, as teachers, to tell our students that their dreams and goals are possible and to never give up.
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