"Last Stop on Market Street"
Written by Matt De Le Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Published by Penguin Books, 2015
Picture book, diverse literature
Sundays for CJ consist of church with his grandma and then riding the bus across town. Today, CJ wonders why he even has to ride the bus. CJ wonders why he cant just ride a car like his friends. He asks why he doesn't have an iPod like some boys he sees on the bus. He asks his grandma why they have to walk through a "dirty" part of town. Every question has a valid answer from his grandma. She shows him positivity and how to see and appreciate beauty around him. So follow CJ and his grandma to see what is really on the last stop of Market Street.
Robinson's illustration are made with acrylic painting. He uses with simple shapes and lines for the pictures in the story. The colors used show the cityscape beautifully. The best part of the illustrations to me is all the diversity we see in the characters. From a man in a wheelchair, to a blind man, this book has it all.
You could easily use this book in a Kindergarten social studies class. You could be discuss the schedules and routines that the children have outside of school. You can talk about what CJ's Sunday looked like and ask your students to illustrate and explain what they do on a Sunday.
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