11/23/10

The Hello, Goodbye Window

Author: -Norton Juster
Title: -The Hello, Goodbye Window
Illustrator: -Chris Raschka
Publisher: -Michael Di Capua Books
Year: -2005


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Caldecott
Reading Level: -Emergent
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: -Family, grandparents, special things that may not be special to other people.




Summary: -
The little kid walks by the Hello Goodbye window at Nanna and Poppy's house. He makes faces or hides from them every time they walk by. He talks about how he like the kitchen so much because there is so much to do. He is told that he can't touch anything under the sink because he could get sick. His Poppy plays his harmonica. He likes looking at the window at dark because its like a mirror. Then he wakes up the next morning eats breakfast with Poppy and goes to help Nanna in the garden. He plays around outside and then takes a nap. He has a dream about the window. Then his Mommy and Daddy come to pick him up and he says bye to Poppy and Nanna through the window.





Extension Activities: -
Show and tell things something in their family that is important to them.

Share something that they do while at their grandparent house