blog #4

 The first book that I chose to blog about is the Tiger and Badger by Emile Jenkins. I chose this book because it reminds me so much of childhood friendships. The book is specifically about friendships and it teaches that even best friends can repetitively get in arguments and still maintain a close friendship. Tiger and Badger were the type of friends that would fight and argue over toys, chairs, and even oranges but always found ways to make one another laugh to forget about the anger. They would go back and forth saying really mean things to one another but always made up in the end. The book reminded me of my childhood when I literally fought with friends and played with them the next day as if nothing ever happened. I observed in this story that Tiger and Badger were hardly ever friendly toward one another but maintained a close friendship. Their confrontations with one another was never resolved in a healthy manner because they never talked things out with one another. They would use their humor by making funny faces at one another to laugh and get their mind off of issues that was triggering anger in the friendship.

The next book I chose to blog about is Strictly no Elephants by Lisa Mantchevby. I chose this book because it is about loyalty. A local pet club refused to admit a young boy's tiny elephant and the boy was puzzled about this issue since pets come in all shape and sizes. This story amazed me because humans come in all shapes and sizes and experience the same type of rejection. However, even though the pet club rejected the elephant, the little boy remained loyal sticking on the elephant side. The little boy headed home with the elephant in pouring down rain and nobody wanted to play with them and accept the elephant. I admired how the little boy was in pain due to the rejection of the elephant but remained loyal to the elephant. This story touched me because this is how friendships are supposed to be in real life. You are suppose to remain loyal in a friendship regardless of what other people think about your friend.

The third book I decided to blog about is A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey. This story about a young boy that desired to find a friend in his class but realized that finding a friend can be tricky. There were numerous of children in his class that he desired to be friends with but he wanted to pick a good friend. Henry was artistic so finding a friend was a little more challenging for him than other children. Henry observed a girl in his art class that was a kaleidoscope, a tangle of colors. He noticed the girl had colorful painted nails and he was surprised that her mother allowed her to do that. Henry wanted to win the girl attention so he painted her shoes anticipating that the girl would be happy about that. The girl ended up extremely angry about Henry painting her shoes. Henry is very artistic and this was his unique way of trying to make friends. This book touched me because often artistic children are overlooked and when they makes their moves for acceptance it can make some people uncomfortable due to their lack of understanding about these individuals. This book feels like reality because these are the things artistic children actually experience in their desire for friendship. I feel they should be recognized even in their most silent moments.