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A review by stilesb
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
4.0
Chrysanthemum tells the story of young Chrysanthemum who is about to start school for the first time. She comes from a very loving family who support and dote on her. Chrysanthemum begins the book with a lot of confidence in who she is and a love for her name. Throughout the book, a couple of the girls in her class begin to bully her about her name until they meet their music teacher. She is kind to Chrysanthemum and compliments her name. The bullies are enchanted by this teacher and stop harassing Chrysanthemum. Both of these events restore Chrysanthemum's confidence and self worth.
This is such a great book to teach with. It's great to start the year and talk about being kind to other another, pointing out how words can hurt each other and how we need to be respectful. I also like using it to teach Notice and Note strategies. This book contains words of the wiser, when her parents are telling her to be proud of herself as well as what her music teacher tells her. It also has again and again, where we see the bullying happening to Chrysanthemum over and over again, which teaches us the conflict of the story.
This is such a great book to teach with. It's great to start the year and talk about being kind to other another, pointing out how words can hurt each other and how we need to be respectful. I also like using it to teach Notice and Note strategies. This book contains words of the wiser, when her parents are telling her to be proud of herself as well as what her music teacher tells her. It also has again and again, where we see the bullying happening to Chrysanthemum over and over again, which teaches us the conflict of the story.