The diaries also have a darker side, as a sense of impending doom builds as the entries approach 9/11, especially because Alyssa’s father works in finance in the World Trade Center. Alyssa is endlessly earnest and awkward as she works up the courage to talk to her crush, Alejandro gushes about her dreams of becoming a shoe designer and tries to solve her burgeoning unibrow problem. She’s shuffling between Queens and Manhattan to share time between her divorced parents and struggling with thick facial hair and classmates who make her feel like she’s “not a whole person” due to her mixed White and Puerto Rican heritage. She’s 11 and dealing with typical preteen concerns-popularity and anxiety about grades-along with other things more particular to her own life. Vegbooks is a resource for parents and teachers who want to support the vegan and vegetarian kids in their lives.Through the author’s own childhood diary entries, a seventh grader details her inner life before and after 9/11.Īlyssa’s diary entries start in September 2000, in the first week of her seventh grade year. Barbecue that last leg bone.” That last line about the leg bone is accompanied by an image of a leg of meat (possibly chicken or pig) on a barbecue grill. I might have put up with the words, but the image is just too much for me. Sadly, we’ll be getting rid of this one. Never leave your cat alone.” The text and the rhythm capture the energy of jazz music. This book is a great introduction to a genre of music and a culture.īecause I like this book so much, I was really saddened when I realized we had to get rid of it. “Charlie Parker played be bop. It’s a book about jazz. It’s written text, but it sounds like jazz music. What an amazing feat to write text that sounds like jazz! “Charlie Parker played be bop. There are so many things I like about Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. My daughter received it for her second birthday and really enjoyed the text and the images. Its simple, rhyming text really held her attention.
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