Description: The Best Part of Me: Children Talk About their Bodies in Pictures and Words Product Description Product Description An award-winning photographer asked several children "What is the best part of you?", and presents their answers in this sometimes funny, sometimes moving, deeply personal book that includes striking black-and-white photographs taken by the author. Ideal for parents and teacher to use to discuss body image, self-esteem, and diversity with children. From School Library Journal Gr 1-3-Third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students offer personal observations about their bodies. Entries look hand lettered and face a black-and-white photo of the body part featured. Camila Villasana likes her hair-"It's wavy like the ocean." Colette Cosner likes her hands "because they turn the pages of a book slowly and magically." Andrew Legge likes his legs because they "carry me a long way." The result is insight into how the children of varied ethnicities see themselves and take pride in their heritage. The book is an outgrowth of the Literacy Through Photography program Ewald originated at Duke University. This example of a successful writing prompt might be used to encourage students to think more about their own bodies and self-images. Mary Elam, Forman Elementary School, Plano, TX Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Gr. 1-3. Photographer Ewald worked with 15 ethnically diverse North Carolina school-children and their teachers to investigate how kids feel about their bodies. Each child selected a favorite body part and contributed a signed, handwritten paragraph or poem about it. Camila Villasana, who chose her hair, writes, "It comes from my Mexican heritage. Its [sic] wavy like the ocean." Ewald's tightly focused, tenderly realistic black-and-white photographs do the rest. The images mix the mundane and the poetic in equal parts and reflect the children's differences in self-esteem. The writing may not be great, but the book will work very well to inspire similar writing projects. Susan Dove Lempke Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved About the Author Wendy Ewald is a writer, photographer, and teacher dedicated to children's, women's, and family issues. Her photos have appeared in The New York Times, Elle, and Harper's, among others, and are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the International Center of Photography. She has received numerous prizes for her work, among them a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to The Best Part of Me, she has published 14 books of photography. Shipping Shipping for this item is free in the 48 continental United States. We do not offer shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, US Territories, APO & FPO. After your order has been shipped, you will receive an e-mail with the name of the carrier and the tracking number. Returns We permit returns if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Your return request must be initiated within 30 days of the purchase date. To initiate a return, please contact us through the eBay Message Center. You will receive an RMA number to ensure proper handling of the return. We do not provide refunds for a return WITHOUT an RMA number. You will be refunded in full, minus the shipping and handling expenses incurred at time of purchase. Payment We accept payments through PayPal. You may use a major credit card via PayPal. For all “Buy It Now” items, immediate payment is required.
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Color: Other
Type: ABIS_BOOK
PartNumber: 9780316703062
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Label: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Languages: english
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
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Product Group: Book
Product Type Name: ABIS_BOOK
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Release Date: 2002-01-01
Studio: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Book Title: Best Part of Me : Children Talk about Their Bodies in Pictures and Words
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Language Arts / Composition & Creative Writing, Photography, concepts / Body, Children's & Young Adult Literature, Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Poetry / General
Publication Year: 2002
Illustrator: Yes, Ewald, Wendy
Genre: Literary Criticism, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 17.3 Oz
Author: Wendy Ewald
Item Length: 10.4 in
Item Width: 10.3 in
Format: Picture Book
