From There to Here by Laurel Croza & illustrated by Matt James

 From There to Here: Croza, Laurel, James, Matt: 9781554983650: Amazon.com: Books


From There to Here by Laurel Croza & illustrated by Matt James


  • Contemporary Realistic Fiction

  • Grades: Pre-K - 2nd

  • Awards: Cooperative Children's Book Centre Choices, CBC Radio / The Next Chapter, Summer Reading List for Kids



Summary:


From There to Here is a book about a little girl who moves with her family. She compares the old town with her new city and expresses the many differences. The illustrations are elaborate and the young girl does not seem thrilled about leaving Saskatoon or traveling by train. The young girl describes the changes in the new city including her father not coming home for lunch anymore, the lack of birch trees, the streetlights that now replace the stars from her old town, and her brother finding new friends. All these things deter the young girl from this new city until one day another young girl named Anne, who is the same age, knocks on the door and invites her bike riding. The young girl is happy to have a new friend and decides that the new city isn't so bad.


Evaluation: 


From There to Here is the appropriate reading level for second graders which is the first thing I look at when choosing books for my classroom. This book exhibits the story of a young girl who is adjusting to a new situation because her family just moved. This story discusses relationships within families that could happen in real life, but the characters are fictitious. From There to Here provides children with characters that they may be able to develop connections with. For this reason, I would use this book in my classroom for a unit on reading comprehension and making personal connections to characters.    

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