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The Faithful Friend
The Faithful Friend: with audio recording | Robert D. San Souci
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A friendship is tested by love and magic in this beautiful retelling of a traditional tale from the French West Indies. On the lush tropical island of Martinique live Clement and Hippolyte, two inseparable friends. When Clement falls in love with the beautiful Pauline, Hippolyte agrees to join his best friend on his journey to propose marriage. But when Pauline accepts Clements proposal, it enrages her uncle Monsieur Zabocatreputed to be a quimboiseur, a wizard. To prevent the wedding, the old wizard lures Hippolyte into a deadly trap, forcing him to choose between his friends safety and his own.
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This TL story (folklore) that won the Coretta Scott King & Caldecott award. This story is about two young men who go on a journey to find this girl that one of them fell in love with. When all three are united, their journey back to town is full of twist and turns* caused by 3 zombie witches and 1 mean uncle) that test the powers of true friendship. This would be a book for a DR where there are many characters that children can play.

Estradan http://readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?pag=4&bookID=00000319 this resources offers an art activity where students can do a black crayon scratch drawing to replicate the illustrations from the book. These drawings could also be incorporated into the DR. This aligns with UDL 5.2 using multiple tools for construction and composition. It also aligns with ESOL strategy 30, encouraging as aids to identify and see relationships. #ucflae3414su19 5y
MeganKlein Wow this book sounds awesome! Will definitely add to my TBR book pile! Also, I LOVE this photo and your dog 😍 5y
DrSpalding I am so happy you read this book and of course I love your image! #shibainu #hiro #finn ❤️🐕 this book won the Caldecott for the beautiful images… Scratchboard technique! I had students create images just like the illustrator in my classroom. This is a Caribbean folk tale and in third grade you must teach about the Caribbean islands. This is a perfect read aloud during that social studies unit. 5y
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megansimon

“They were so close that the happiness of one was the happiness of both.”

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megansimon

I thought the plot was super weird and confusing. It had a good message about being a good friend but overall I did not like it.

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Panpan

This had a long and confusing plot. The language was interesting. The illustrations were really well done.

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EthanH
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"Clement's brown skin was the rich color of old bronze, while Hippolye's fair skin was tanned by the tropic wind and sun. From the first they were as close as brothers" #ucflae3414sp17 #corettascottkingaward http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/exploring-world-c...

DrSpalding A truly beautiful book. Genre? 7y
EthanH I'm feeling traditional folklore 7y
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