The Chalk Doll

This is an awesome book. I like how it talks about the differences in living in the US now and Jamaica when the mother in this bood was growing up. The mother in this book grew up in Jamaica, and didn't have as many things as her daughter, who is growing up in the US. The Mother, growing up in Jamaica, didn't have alot of things, but she was happy with whatever she had. Her mother made her dresses, and she made her dolls. The only dolls that the mother could afford to make were rag dolls. I especially like this book because, at the end of the book, the daughter wants to make and have a doll like her Mom used to make in Jamaica.

This book is an endearing story of a little girl who is not feeling well and her mother tells her of a doll she had as a child. I am using this book as a part of a reading program for First grade. It fills the need for a book about family and feelings. Your child will love hearing this book read to them and will probably become one of their favorites. I teach grades 1, 2, 3 & 4 and I know what children love. This is a winner!

I live in the Caribbean and am starting a Caribbean book collection for my kids. I really liked this book because it wasn't just another very colorfull book, it had a moral to the story. It is about a mother telling her little girl about the kind of doll she had when she was a child and how much she loved it because she made it with her own hands. It teaches a child the meaining of self gradification.