About This Book
A parent might reach for this book when their child feels new or shy in their neighborhood, or is starting to ask questions about the people and places around them. This book is a warm and gentle tour of a local community, showcasing friendly community helpers, familiar places like the library and park, and the diverse families who live there. It beautifully explores themes of belonging, curiosity, and kindness, making it perfect for preschoolers and early elementary students. It serves as a wonderful tool to build vocabulary and spark conversations about what makes a community a safe and welcoming place to be.
What Parents Should Know
Sensitive Topics
The book gently and directly addresses topics of diversity and difference. It presents a multicultural community and varied family structures (e.g., a single-parent household, a multigenerational family) as a simple, positive fact of life. There may be a character with a visible disability, like a child in a wheelchair at the park. The approach is entirely secular, and the resolution is one of constant, hopeful, and harmonious community life.
Ideal Reader
The ideal reader is a 4-year-old who has recently moved and is feeling apprehensive about their new surroundings, or a 5-year-old who is becoming more aware of the world beyond their home and is full of questions about people's jobs and lives.
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