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Last Stop On Market Street

   Summary of Book: Last Stop On Market Street was written by Matt De La Pena and pictured by Christian Robinson. This story follows a little boy named CJ and his nana as they get on the bus after church on Sunday. As they wait for the bus and travel on the bus, CJ keeps complaining about little things such as why they have to walk in the rain and why they don't have a car and have to take the bus. Every time he complains about something, his nana always responds positively. Her reply to the rain is that it's good for the trees and they need to water, and her reply to why they take the bus is because they get to meet the nice bus driver and all the interesting people on the bus. While on the bus they meet a blind man and a man with a guitar plays for them and with all those things along with his nana's sweet words, CJ begins to see the positive side of things. As they get of the bus and head towards the soup kitchen where they are going to serve, CJ tells his grandma he's actually happy that they came to do serve and his nana says that she is as well and ushers them in to start serving. 


Why you would/would not use this book in your classroom? I would use this book in my classroom because the underlying message is something that students and even adults can learn from. Finding the beauty in things where we might tend to complain instead of seeing the bright side or positive view. 

Appropriate age group for this book: 3-5

Ideas for unit of study to include this book or how you might use this book in the classroom: I think that within a unit where the students are learning about comparison, it would be a unique and interesting idea to read this book and "A Gift From Abuela" or other books involving Grandmas and have the students compare the grandmas in these stories we read and how they might come from different cultures and backgrounds, but how are they similar/different. Then they could write about their own grandmas and discuss the similarities between their grandmas and the grandmas in the stories. 

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