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Title: The Wall by Ronald Himler, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0-395-62977-2 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 24 August, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: "The Wall" is a Patriotic Book
Comment: "The Wall" is a patriotic book. It was easy to read; that made me understand how the Vietnam War turned out in the end.
The boy and his father try to find the grandfather's name on the Vietnam Wall memorial when they pass many other names. When the father reads the names on the wall, the boy imagines each name as a real person, standing next to him and talking to him.
If you are interested in the Vietnam War and how people sacrificed their lives fore us, then "The Wall" would be a good book for you to read.
I gave this four stars out of five because I found the book to be very moving. If you like books about wars, then you'll like "The Wall."
Rating: 5
Summary: A boy and his dad visit "The Wall" to find grandpa's name
Comment: For over a quarter of a century the key imperative in American Foreign Policy has been to avoid another Vietnam. Now we have a new generation of children, born to the sons and daughters of those who fought in Vietnam but never came home. How do we tell them the story of Vietnam so they understand how much it scarred the national psyche and how their is such a national resolve never to let it happen again in some way more substantial than showing them "Forrest Gump?" Eve Bunting comes up with one way in "The Wall," ably assisted by the watercolor illustrations of Ronald Himler. "The Wall" is the simply story of a little boy and his father who have come from far away to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. to find the name of the boy's grandfather.
What makes "The Wall" so moving is that instead of answering questions it will get children to ask them. Like the little boy in the story, children reading this book will see man in combat fatigue in a wheelchair because he does not have any legs; an older couple hugging and crying; flags, teddy bears and letters laid against the wall. The little boy does not ask any questions about what he sees, but I have to believe that students reading this book certainly have questions that they want answered. Whether it is used for Memorial Day or Veterans Day, or any discussion in which children are thinking about war and its consequences, "The Wall" is a very thoughtful book that should be very helpful to teachers and students alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: All teachers should use this book in their classroom!
Comment: As a college student studying to be an elementary school teacher, I recommend that every teacher use this book in their classroom around Memorial Day and Veterans Day. This book has a great message and the fact that it is written from the boy's perspective makes it easy for students to realate to the characters.
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Title: Fly Away Home by Ronald Himler, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0395664152 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 22 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: A Day's Work by Ronald Himler, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0395845181 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 14 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Going Home by Eve Bunting, David Diaz ISBN: 0064435091 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Train to Somewhere by Ronald Himler, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0618040315 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 17 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Dandelions by Eve Bunting, Greg Shed ISBN: 0152024077 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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