2003, Old Castle Publilshing, Escondido, CA
out-of-print but still available used
available at Bosler Library
available at Bosler Library
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 4.56 - 121 ratings
My rating: 4
1st line/s:
"Around the Chapel
of Old St. Paul
Blow the dancing leaves
of the coming Fall.
In the morning breeze
they leap and fly
Beneath the towers
that scrape the sky."
"Around the Chapel
of Old St. Paul
Blow the dancing leaves
of the coming Fall.
In the morning breeze
they leap and fly
Beneath the towers
that scrape the sky."
My comments: So perfect for middle grades, this summarizing of the events of 9/11, in rhyming poetic form, is a nice addition to 3rd - 5th grade classrooms.The rhyming is quite clever and hardly ever seems forced, the illustrations are beautiful, and the pre-history as well as the events that accompany this hard-to-discuss-with-kids day are all very good.
Goodreads: Beautifully illustrated book tells of the historic chapel less than 100 yards from the Twin Towers that miraculously survived on 9-11. Firemen hung their shoes on the fence and raced to help the people in the towers: Oh what gallant men did we lose/Who never came back to get their shoes. The story of terror overcome by courage and bravery that teaches us no one is too small to make a difference.
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