Little Blue Chair

Written by: Cary Fagan

Illustrated by: Madeline Kloepper

Published by: Tundra Books, division of Random House. Jan 2017

Ages:   3 – 7 Years

Theme: repurposing, travel, uses.

Opening Lines: Boo had a favorite chair. It was little. It was blue. He liked to sit on it while ate his breakfast and his lunch and his dinner.

Synopsis: From Amazon:- Boo’s favorite chair is little and blue. He sits in it, reads in it and makes a tent around it…until the day he grows too big for it. His mother puts the little blue chair out on the lawn where a truck driver picks it up. The truck driver sells it to a lady in a junk store where it sits for many years until it’s sold and put to use as a plant stand. In the years that follow, the little blue chair is used in many other ways — on an elephant ride, in a contest, on a Ferris wheel, in a tree…until the day it flies away, borne aloft by balloons, and lands in a garden of daffodils where a familiar face finds it.

Why I like this: A sweet whimsical story following the journey of a little blue chair as it changes hands and uses. The text glides along taking us through the years and various people who come in contact with the chair, seamlessly. I loved the page turns in looking to see who has the chair next or what they intend to use it for. Years later it brings us full circle and Boo is now a young man. You will have to get the book to see what Boo does with it next. 😉 The ink and pencil drawings give this picture book a beautiful, simple, and sweet look.

Resources/Findings: This is a great website on reuse for kids at school and in the home….   https://your.caerphilly.gov.uk/kidsgogreen/info-zone/tips-fighting-waste/reuse

Teaching children for earth day and the four R’s. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rebuy…     https://www.everydayhealth.com/green-health/earth-day-teaching-kids.aspx

A teacher tool kids will love ….   http://www.ecokidsusa.org/3rs.html

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