Author/Illustrator: Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes
Genre: Traditional Literature
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: 4th-6th grade
Summary:
In the book, The Hummingbirds' Gift is about a drought the people Tzintzuntzan, Mexico had and how they learn to make straw figures for the festival. They set aside small pots of sugar water for the hummingbirds' despite the drought. This pleases the hummingbirds and they are happy. The book ends with the land having rainfall again and everyone is happy.
I would use this book in an upper elementary class because there are a lot of words on each page and younger children would be bored easily. The book's illustrations are colorful and bright. I would use this book to teach about different cultures and customs.
In my classroom, I would have my students make some figures out of straw like the characters in the book had to do and talk about what is the significance of the figures.
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