Welcome to Litsy!

Another gorgeous kid‘s book to add to my collection and a cute story about coming out of your shell and reaching your full potential.

A vibrant retelling of events around the swearing in ceremony of Deb Haaland to the office of cabinet secretary of the Department of Interior.

I would do an activity by giving a piece of paper to each student and letting them make something out of it. Then telling them to change it into something else until there was nothing less. After this, I would have the students write about their experiences.

“ So Joseph made a book about it. Which shows... you can always make something after nothing“

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback, 1999 Caldecott winner. The imagery is very colorful and brings joy to the book. The words are also limited per page focusing on illustrations and the details within them and it is kind of like finding different pictures and figures per page.

Joseph had a little button. One day he lost it. Now he had nothing. So Joseph made a book about it. Which shows... you can always make something out of nothing.

I have not read many children's books about repurposing items! I like the message this can send to children, especially since we live in a time of a lot of unnecessary waste.