One more book celebrating women in children’s literature for the Women’s History Month in 2019!
Author: Lore Segel
Illustrator: Harriet Pincus
Publisher: Dover, 2017, orig. published by FSG in 1970
Age: 4-8
Themes: siblings, families, city life
Opening: “Tell me a story,” said Martha. Once upon a time (said her mother) There was a Mitzi.
Summary: (from my library catalog) Three household adventures in the life of Mitzi include an intended trip to grandmother’s, sharing a family cold, and reversing the President’s motorcade..
I like this book because: it transported me back to my own childhood, growing up just outside of New York City! And considering the pub date, it’s likely that the best librarian in the world, Mrs. Nienburg, read it to us in school. And she would have because it’s well written and funny! I love a book that pushes you to read pout loud from the get go, makes you want to ‘act’ it out in the telling, give it an amplifier. There are not very many of those that do it so well.
Resources/activities: kids love to hear family stories, things they can’t remember themselves, but are fully aware that they exist! Share them! Listen! Take the time and allow kids in a group to share theirs – because, as Simone Weil once said, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
For more Perfect Picture Book Friday picks with teacher/parent resources, check out the list on Susanna Hill’s blog HERE.
What an endearing story of life in the big city. Am glad that they reprinted it, as it obviously has been a loved book for many! It has the feel of the 60s-70s. Love the illustrations!
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Definitely a 70’s vibe!
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Thanks for sharing this title. I would be fun to check this older title out. Fortunately, my library has a copy. Thanks.
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This looks like a gem! I’m hoping my NY metro area library has a copy!
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I should hope so!
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Oooh I so love the illustrations. What a gem. Thanks Julie.
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Someone must have left it where I would find it at the library! They see me coming!
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Julie, you find the best books! I can’t wait to get it at my library.
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The library is my second home!
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This sounds like a fun read-aloud!
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