Just Add Water: Making the City of Chicago by Renne Kreczmer
This is a great resource for students learning about Chicago's history or if they are not a part of the Chicago public schools system, but are planning a family vacation to Chicago. I enjoyed the recipe theme that was carried out throughout the book. Plenty of pictures, great questions for the reader to think about and analyze, and a built-in scavenger hunt to keep readers reading! I'm curious if students will pull this off the nonfiction shelves since it's packaged in a convenient way (it can fit easily into a purse or book bag), but might come off as too thick/a turn off for the age group it's targeting. I think once a student/young reader opens up the book they will be intrigued/hooked, especially if they like Chicago and/or history. I also enjoyed the green boxes that explained the history of our country (going beyond the boundaries of Chicago) and that nothing was sugar-coated--a.k.a. when explaining how the Native Americans were treated, etc. A great history reference for young to adolescent readers. I learned a lot myself!
This is a great resource for students learning about Chicago's history or if they are not a part of the Chicago public schools system, but are planning a family vacation to Chicago. I enjoyed the recipe theme that was carried out throughout the book. Plenty of pictures, great questions for the reader to think about and analyze, and a built-in scavenger hunt to keep readers reading! I'm curious if students will pull this off the nonfiction shelves since it's packaged in a convenient way (it can fit easily into a purse or book bag), but might come off as too thick/a turn off for the age group it's targeting. I think once a student/young reader opens up the book they will be intrigued/hooked, especially if they like Chicago and/or history. I also enjoyed the green boxes that explained the history of our country (going beyond the boundaries of Chicago) and that nothing was sugar-coated--a.k.a. when explaining how the Native Americans were treated, etc. A great history reference for young to adolescent readers. I learned a lot myself!