Thursday, November 30, 2017

Galimoto


















Author/Illustrator: Karen Lynn Williams
Genre: Multicultural
Awards: None
Grade Level: 1st-3rd

This book is about a young boy named Kondi who lives in the small village of Nsanje. Kondi wants to collect enough wire to make a Galimoto, which means car in Chichewa. All he has is a small piece of wire to beginn with. He goes throught the village and makes trades, and deals with other people to gather enough wire for his Galimoto. In the end he finds enough wire after all and everyone is excited to see his Galimoto.

This book is structured for students from 1st to 3rd grade. I would use this book in my classroom to teach students about other cultures and their values. I would explain how Kondi was so excited to gather wire to make a Galimoto and all we have to do is go to the store to buy a toy one and we still aren't happy sometimes. I will have students think about how tehy could use their resources to make more of what they have.

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