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“When I get my own house someday
I‘m going to have a special
Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I love the vivid colors and childlike illustrations in this picture book. This would be a fun book to use when talking about stories and things that happen in your life, such as visiting grandparents, or to talk about imagination. Children cold draw their own Hello, Goodbye Window and whatever they wanted on the other side.

Published in 2005. This book is told in the perspective of a little girl who is visiting her grandparents. She talks about the different activities that they do together on her visits. She keeps returning to the window, which she calls the Hello, Goodbye Window. The colors and illustrations used are very bright and inviting. The pictures help to express the voice and perspective of the child telling the story.

“When you look from the outside, Nanna and Poppy's house has lots of windows, but there's only one Hello, Goodbye Window and it's right where you need it.“

This book is a great read that focuses on the importance of family and love. Family is an important part in each of our lives, no matter who they are. Something as simple as a window allows us to grow closer to our loved ones.

The book “The Hello, Goodbye Window was published in 2006 by Norton Juster. This book won the Caldecott Medal. The illustrations in the book are phenomenal. The overall theme of this book focuses on the importance of family and love. I really enjoy how the Hello, Goodbye Window was introduced at the beginning and touched on lastly at the end.

This heartfelt Caldecott award winning RF read is a book focusing on themes of family, relations, connections, imagination, and childhood.

Beautiful, whimsical illustration.

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I stay home for
1. My fiancé
2. My family
3. Healthcare workers and
4. The whole world!!

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This is a great story with a biracial couple and their granddaughter. The cool thing is that it doesn‘t center race as the story, but rather feelings. I did buy this one. Anyone have book recs for a biracial 6 year old??

Review: The hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster, 2005, is a Caldecott Winner about a young girl visiting her grandparents and their magic window. It has beautiful abstract illustrations.
Blurb: I would use this book in my classroom for a read aloud, and follow up with apart project. Letting children create the characters in the story as their own family.
Quote: “That's the Hello, Goodbye Window. It looks like a regular window but it's not.“

“I‘m going to have a special Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I would use this in my classroom because the children can relate to the relationship they have with someone.

This is a good traditional literature book for children. This book can be pretty relatable to kids. The theme of the story is about the loving relationship a young girl has with her grandparents and that is expressed through the illustrations too.

“I‘m going to have a special Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I would use this in a future classroom because the images would engage the children with how interesting the illustrations are & the children would really engage with the story itself.

This book was a great traditional literature book. One way it meets criteria is that the story represents cultural norms and is not re-written to white Anglo-European conventions. Also, the illustrations really add to the story because of the way the artist draws the item and characters very loosely. This meaning that the bodies do not have clear outlines but you can tell what the images are.

This book is a Caldecott Award Winner (published 2005). I enjoyed this book because for me it brought back a sense of nostalgia, but for children this can just bring happiness whether the student think about their times with family, friends, or guardians.
I think the illustrations are very unique, and intricate. I had never seen illustrations like this before, but I hope to see more.
“You can be happy and sad at the same time, you know?“

The Hello, Goodbye Window is a wonderful RF PB, a Caldecott medal winner, written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. This would be a perfect RA book for your K-3. This book is told from a little girl's point of view who is being babysat by her grandparents. She shares all of her wonderful experiences while at her grandparents house. This book provides a great lesson for children that all families are different and that everyone